He subsequently commanded a surveying ship on the north and west coasts of Africa and in the British seas, and, in 1836, took up the work which Beechey left unfinished on the Pacific coast of South America.
He subsequently commanded a surveying ship on the north and west coasts of Africa and in the British seas. Belcher married Diana Jolliffe in 1833 and three years thereafter took up the work which Beechey had left unfinished on the Pacific coast of South America.