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Books on the Beagle
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The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … P. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Fleming, …
- … François. A voyage to the south-sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru in . . . 1712–14. …
- … Hall, Basil. Extracts from a journal written on the coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico for the years …
- … Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia (includes: Fitton, …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … of the present state of the Hebrides, and western coasts of Scotland … being the substance …
- … particularly, the Isthmus of America, several coasts and islands in the West Indies, the Isles …
- … an introduction to the natural history of the British coasts . New ed. London. [Darwin Library. …
- … 2v. Wilson, James. 1842. A voyage round the coasts of Scotland and the Isles. 2 …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
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- … notes made during a survey of the east and west coasts of South America, in the years 1832, 1833, …
Tierra del Fuego
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Barren coasts of Patagonia
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- … Tells of the hostility of coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the insect world. …
Darwin & Glen Roy
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Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle destinations, he made one noteworthy attempt to explain a puzzling feature of British geology. In 1838, two years after returning from the voyage, he travelled…
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- … locations, ranging from his home county of Shropshire to the coasts of Scandinavia, where exposed …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … most of its five-year journey spent charting South American coasts, a feat which earned her captain …
- … voyage of 1825-28. In HMS Aetna , Belcher then surveyed coasts of west and north Africa before …
- … 1836. In Sulphur , he spent nearly seven years surveying coasts in North and South America and …
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From Sven Nilsson to J. D. Hookerf1 25 October 1868Lund (Suède)25 Okt. 1868.Monsieur le Professeur! J’ai écrit à deux de mes amis qui ont des connaissances personnelles à la Lapponie, pour avoir les…
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- … generally admit that the Phoenicians had colonies on their coasts. f6 But it seems to me that …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
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[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
