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Two views of Jemmy Button from FitzRoy's Narrative (1839)
A Yagan family inside a canoe

Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego in modern Chile and Argentina. He was taken to England by Captain FitzRoy in HMS Beagle and became a celebrity there for a period.

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Jemmy Button

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Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around...

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Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

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Basket, were returned to their home along with Jemmy Button. (See "The Return of Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York Minster") This quote is translated...

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The Pearl Button

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Pinochet's victims dumped in the sea and partly by the button after which the Yaghan native Jemmy Button was named when taken aboard HMS Beagle in 1830. The...

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Yokcushlu

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take her and three other Fuegians, "York Minster", "Boat Memory", and "Jemmy Button", to England where they could be educated and taught Christianity so...

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Yahgan people

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hostage, known as Boat Memory, estimated age 20, and on 11 May captured Jemmy Button, estimated age 14. As it was not possible to easily put them ashore,...

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Charles Darwin

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year on, the mission had been abandoned. The Fuegian they had named Jemmy Button lived like the other natives, had a wife, and had no wish to return to...

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Robert FitzRoy

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resembled a basket), the younger boy Jemmy Button (FitzRoy allegedly 'purchased' him with a large pearl button), the man York Minster (after the large...

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HMS Beagle

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Eventually, he held two men, a girl and a boy, who was given the name of Jemmy Button, and these four native Fuegians were taken back with them when Beagle...

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This Thing of Darkness

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meticulous surveyor, he captured four native Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, York Minster, and Boat Memory) and brought them back to England when...

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Second voyage of HMS Beagle

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missionaries (who had been given the names York Minster, Fuegia Basket and Jemmy Button). He described his first meeting with the native Fuegians as being "without...

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Tierra del Fuego

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HMS Beagle in 1830, Robert FitzRoy picked up four native Fuegians, including "Jemmy Button" (Orundellico) and Yokcushlu, and brought them to England. The three...

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Case 63

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Julian Silva (Kelly AuCoin) to administer a polygraph test to Peter. 7 7 "Jemmy Button" 10:19 October 25, 2022 (2022-Oct-25) Session seven, October 28th 2022:...

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Fuegians

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number of years before three were returned, including Fuegia Basket and Jemmy Button. The fourth died of smallpox. The United States Exploring Expedition...

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Timeline of Argentine history

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Rosas became governor of Buenos Aires Province 1830 Yaghan aboriginal Jemmy Button (Orundellico) taken from Tierra del Fuego to England by Robert FitzRoy...

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South American Mission Society

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contacts with natives at several locations culminating in the discovery of Jemmy Button at Wulaia on 1 November. They also reburied the remains of Captain Gardiner...

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Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms

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HMS Beagle's officers for help in supporting an orphan – the grandson of Jemmy Button. George Romanes had become Darwin's leading protégé, but a conflict between...

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Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego

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stole a boat from his ship. The men included Orundellico, later named Jemmy Button by his crew. Fitzroy taught them English and took them with him on his...

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Keppel Island

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) One of the more notable visitors to Cranmer Station (in 1860) was Jemmy Button, a Yahgan who had learnt English and was taken to England as a visitor...

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Hampshire Book Awards

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Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers The Story of Jemmy Button written and illustrated by Alix Barzelay, Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali...

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Atenea Award

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Atropía, nueva magnitud termodinámica Science Benjamín Subercaseaux Jemmy Button Literature 1951 Daniel Belmar [es] Coirón Literature Antonio Rodríguez...

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Darwin Song Project

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"Turtle Soup" "Kingdom Come" "The Merchant’s Question" "Thinking Path" "Jemmy Button" "From Miss Emma Brawley" "The Earl of Darwin’s Farewell / Save A Place"...

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Julia Voss

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article also identified Jemmy Button as the basis for Ende's lead character, Jim Knopf, translated in English as Jim Button. Voss received the Sigmund...

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Extracts from Letters to Henslow

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Fuegian Yahgan people and the contrast to the Fuegians on board such as Jemmy Button, as well as outlining observations of geology and zoology. From the Río...

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Sylvia Iparraguirre

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women writers in Spanish. It is a fictionalised account of the life of Jemmy Button. Her books include: En el invierno de las ciudades (1988), Editorial...

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