The HMS Beagle's second voyage (1831–1836) is remembered almost exclusively for Darwin, but the ship's primary mission was hydrographic survey — charting the coastlines of South America for the British Admiralty. Darwin was an afterthought, a gentleman's companion invited largely to keep captain Robert FitzRoy from the isolation that had driven his predecessor to suicide.
Ivory Coast's issuance has no historical connection to the Beagle; these 1g gold minors are produced for the collector market under licensing arrangements common to several West African CFA franc issuers since the 2000s.
The HMS Beagle's second voyage (1831–1836) is remembered almost exclusively for Darwin, but the ship's primary mission was hydrographic survey — charting the coastlines of South America for the British Admiralty. Darwin was an afterthought, a gentleman's companion invited largely to keep captain Robert FitzRoy from the isolation that had driven his predecessor to suicide.
Ivory Coast's issuance has no historical connection to the Beagle; these 1g gold minors are produced for the collector market under licensing arrangements common to several West African CFA franc issuers since the 2000s.