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Jemmy Button
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<p>Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the <a href="/facts/Yahgan_people/YmsjhVJM">Yahgan</a> (or Yámana) people from islands around <a href="/facts/Tierra_del_Fuego/cHbg7wpL">Tierra del Fuego</a> in modern <a href="/facts/Chile/uEyTfEcx">Chile</a> and <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a>. He was taken to England by <a href="/facts/Robert_FitzRoy/aJ7e4DVj">Captain FitzRoy</a> in <a href="/facts/HMS_Beagle/65CVQxEK">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a> and became a celebrity there for a period. </p>