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John Lort Stokes
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John Lort Stokes, naval officer, was Charles Darwin’s cabinmate on the Beagle voyage – not always an enviable position. After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large table at the centre, Stokes at his…
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- … After Darwin’s death, Stokes penned a description of their evenings spent working at the large …
- … at his microscope: It was often a very lively end of the little craft, and distressingly …
- … relief position from ship motion; a stretch out on one side of the table for some time would enable …
- … back on board after their voyage, he attended the meeting of the Geological Society at which Darwin …
- … Previous to my departure from England, I had the pleasure of heaving a valuable paper by my friend …
- … views, his purpose being to elicit truth from a combination of well attested facts, and by inducing …
- … Darwin in an extremely awkward situation with the then governor of New Zealand, George Grey. …
- … referred to Grey’s own travel account as a ‘ catalogue of mishaps and mismanagements ’ and …
- … printer, and somehow the letter made its way to the desk of the governor himself . Fortunately, …
- … Grey offering to send observations about natural history in New Zealand , so no harm was done. …
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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- … wished to have a savant at my elbow – in the position of a humble toadyish follower – who would do …
- … He was indeed – perhaps he still is – “very fond of Natural History”… Not all pictures of …
- … observed first-hand. The satire, which purports to be a new edition of Robert FitzRoy's …
- … bitter exception to Darwin and FitzRoy’s later accounts of both the settlement history and geology …
- … the transcription Short biographies of key players Further …
- … a fascinating document. It is remarkable as a rare glimpse of one of the most famous scientific …
- … perspective on the Beagle voyage, by contrast, was that of an outsider. Yet he was an unusually …
- … and skilled navigator himself, Ross was also a keen observer of the natural world. We can readily …
- … and allusions to various notables like Sir Stamford Raffles, governor of Singapore or Admiral T.B. …
- … that of exegesis. Purportedly a prospectus and preamble to a new edition of FitzRoy’s Narrative , …
- … India, Hare’s local knowledge became valuable to the new British Lieutenant-Governor of Netherland …
- … the duke of Grafton, he was educated at Harrow and the then-new Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. …
- … of FitzRoy’s career. In 1843, FitzRoy became the second governor of New Zealand, and arrived in …
- … home in humiliation as John Murray’s publication of the new edition of Darwin’s Beagle journal …
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…
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- … [ f.146r Title page ] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement …
- … Preface To part II or that intended for N o II of the foresaid works. By Captain Robert …
- … – and almost as heavy – limited the 2 nd to 700 pages of easily readable type – and the Appendix …
- … first Edition – in the composition of a second, or – a new work rather – which shall consist of not …
- … foreign languages – translations attached &c &c &c in the new Edition – as for my …
- … cleared up all – it would be taking off the cream of my new work – and so perhaps cause that to …
- … the last these saucy remarks – I shall notice them in my new work – here however, I shall (as Sir P …
- … be so – before the publication [ f.152v p.12 ] of my new work – I shall then give in that – a …
- … till long after we had left Otaheite, and were approaching New Zealand” but, he will not have …
- … which stuck to us all the way from the Low Islands to near New Zealand – ^was^ apparently a cousin …
- … 50 pages (only one fourteenth part of the Volume) of the new and important information, which I …
- … Again – of the invaluable remarks which I made in New Zealand – on all its concerns – I could only …
- … Mr Hare demurred, and argued – appealed to the Lieutenant Governor, to interfere to prevent the …
- … there – in which time by application to the Lieutenant Governor Sir T.S. Raffles – whose …
- … in the midst of this wood, I found Sir Richard Spencer (the Governor’s) house – much resembling a …
- … enough – on the laurels which he gathered in New Zealand – with these literary works for his pillow …
- … rock in the West Indian Seas – and worse still a Colonial Governor actually treated and executed …
- … Malays on these Islands and the Natives of Otaheite or New Zealand. XIII On looking back …
- … at the Falkland Islands – and in a minor degree – at New Zealand – holding as I did an independent …
- … my efforts to put down the mutiny on board the whaler at New Zealand – had been worse than useless – …
- … and manners according to which I executed the functions of Governor of New Zealand – I should have …
- … continues across full width of page] offered for Governor Fitzroy’s head – by the …
Robert FitzRoy
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Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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- … Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men …
- … viewed through Darwin’s increasingly negative opinion of his once ‘ beau ideal ’ of a captain. …
- … to 1836 during two surveying voyages to the southern coast of South America, was born into an …
- … uncle, Viscount Castlereagh, foreign secretary and leader of the House of Commons, committed suicide …
- … with being in command in isolated areas; on the first voyage of the Beagle , FitzRoy’s …
- … philosophy, it was hoped, would mitigate the hardships of command. In September 1831 he was informed …
- … down during the voyage, suffering ‘ morbid depression of spirits, & a loss of all decision & …
- … 1834. This hydrographic work, combined with the close study of natural phenomena such as earthquakes …
- … FitzRoy was sure that a change in the direction of tides after the Concepcion earthquake had caused …
- … conditions on an Admiralty ship, and quick to adopt other new technologies. But his conservative set …
- … member of parliament for Durham in 1841. He was appointed governor of New Zealand in 1843, but was …
- … Dockyard, with the job of trying out HMS Arrogant, a new steam-powered vessel. Another bout of …
- … 1850. It was not until his appointment in 1854 as head of a new body dealing with meteorological …
- … the time FitzRoy returned from his difficult governorship of New Zealand, Darwin set the tone of …
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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- … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
- … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
- … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
- … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
- … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
- … 1v.] 6 Books to be Read Humboldt’s New Spain—much about castes [A. von Humboldt …
- … [DAR *119: 4v.] Bevan’s work on Bees new Ed. 1838 [Bevan 1838] Harlaam Phys. & …
- … in high points very good. Smart 17 Beginning of a New School of metaphysic. [Smart 1839] …
- … [ Zoological Journal ] a second time Edinburg New [ Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal ] …
- … [Hallam 1837–9] D r . Lord has written some new book on Physiolog. & treats on origin …
- … voyage to Borneo [Keppel 1846] Life of David Hume— (new Edit) by Bell [Hume 1778] recommended …
- … 1831] Dieffenbach Travels into the interior of New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843]. Capt. …
- … (amusing extracts). perhaps for Species theory Jesses new Book. (April 44) on Nat. Hist …
- … of the Wernerian Natural History Society ] Ed. New Phil Jour [ Edinburgh New …
- … 1829] /poor/ extracted Nov 30. Dieffenbach’s New Zealand [Dieffenbach 1843] 1844 …
- … the State of New York and entitled “Communication from the governor, relative to the geological …
- … and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the Austral islands …
- … ——. 1828. Journal of en embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and …
- … ——. 1829. Journal of an embassy from the Governor-general of India to the court of Ava . …
- … 13b Dieffenbach, Ernst. 1843. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the …
- … 1842. Report on the present state of the ichtyology of New Zealand. Report of the 12th meeting of …
- … Henry. 1858. A narrative of the mission sent by the governor-general of India to the court of …