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Bathurst, New South Wales
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Killed a platypus
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- … Darwin writes to Phillip Parker King, officer on the first Beagle voyage (1826-30), about …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
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- … with Darwin, Roland Trimen sent him observations from South Africa, and the Scottish gardener …
- … you see that I treat you as my geologist in chief for N. Wales. And there are many …
- … fiancée, Amy Ruck, was co-opted as an observer in Wales. Lucy Wedgwood , Darwin’s neice, was …
Philip Gidley King
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King was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 31 October 1817, son of Captain Phillip Parker King and Harriett (Lethbridge). His grandfather, also named Philip Gidley King, had been governor of New South Wales. As a child, King travelled to England with…
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- … King was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 31 October 1817, son of Captain Phillip Parker King …
- … also named Philip Gidley King, had been governor of New South Wales. As a child, King travelled to …
- … aboard MS Adventur e, on a voyage to survey the coast of South America. The ship was accompanied …
- … joined the Australian Agricultural Company at Stroud, New South Wales. King was initially in charge …
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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- … Bulkeley, John and Cummins, John. A voyage to the south-seas, in the years 1740–1. Containing …
- … 235v.). ‡ Caldcleugh, Alexander. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 . . . 21 …
- … (DAR 30.2: 162v.). Colnett, James. A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn . . . …
- … John). (DAR 32.2: 89v.; Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian Recorder, 28 June …
- … researches, during a residence of nearly six years on the South Sea Islands . . . 2 vols. London, …
- … A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America . . . Hereford, 1774. (DAR 31 …
- … Frézier, Amédée François. A voyage to the south-sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru in . . …
- … * Juan, George and Ulloa, Antonio de. A voyage to South America . . . Translated by John Adams. …
- … observations upon the geography of the southern extremity of South America. Journal of the Royal …
- … § Kotzebue, Otto von. A voyage of discovery, into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits . . . …
- … one. London, 1830. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June …
- … . . . London, 1805. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June …
- … . . . London, 1773. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June …
- … , p. 33e). Weddell, James. A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822–24. …
- … London, 1810–19. (Robert FitzRoy’s letter to the South African Christian Recorder , 28 June 1836 …
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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- … Cooper. Rural Scenes in N.A [Cooper 1850] G. Cummings South African Huntsmans life [Cumming …
- … [?Heisch 1842] —— 25. M rs . Meredith. N.S. Wales [Twamley 1844] —— Whewell on …
- … 1848] Vol I. (not much in it) June 15 th New S. Wales. Twelve years in [Byrne 1848]. …
- … discoveries during four years’ wanderings in the wilds of south western Africa . London. 128: …
- … 1844. A narrative of a visit to the Mauritius and South Africa . London. *119: 18v.; 119: …
- … Bartram, William. 1791. Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, east and west …
- … the sperm whale . . . To which is added, a sketch of a South-Sea whaling voyage . London. *119 …
- … Bellamy, John Cremer. 1839. The natural history of South Devon . Plymouth. *119: 12v. …
- … upon the animal and vegetable productions of New South Wales, New Zealand, and some of the …
- … Peter Loefling’s travels through Spain and Cumana in South America. 2 vols. London. 119: 7a …
- … Five years of a hunter’s life in the far interior of South Africa . 2 vols. London. [Other eds. …
- … Isles of Cape Verd, the passage by Terra del Fuego, the south sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and …
- … A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America; containing an account of …
- … round the world: with sketches of voyages to the South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, …
- … 1853. The narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa . London. [Darwin Library.] 128 …
- … 13 Harvey, William Henry. 1838. The genera of South African plants, arranged …
- … 3 Hearne, Samuel. 1795. A journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to …
- … 1834. An historical and statistical account of New South Wales . 2 vols. London. [Other eds.] …
- … David. 1857. Missionary travels and researches in South Africa; including a sketch of sixteen …
- … the skulls of various aboriginal nations of North and South America . Philadelphia. *119: 8v. …
- … History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France, from … 1807 to . …1814 . 6 …
- … author of the “Map of the strata of England and Wales.” London. 119: 18b Phillips, …
- … Andrew. 1838–49. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, consisting chiefly of figures …
- … collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834–1836; …
- … Paul Edmund de. 1845. Physical description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land . …
- … explore the river Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 . London. 119: 2a …
- … Louisa Anne. 1844. Notes and sketches of New South Wales during a residence in that colony …
- … 119: 11a Waterton, Charles. 1825. Wanderings in South America. London. [Other eds.] …
3.9 Leonard Darwin, photo on horseback
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< Back to Introduction It is so rare to encounter an image of Darwin in a specific locale that a family photograph of him riding his horse Tommy takes on a special interest. He is at the front of Down House, the door of which is open; it seems as…
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- … to July 30 th , 1912; University of London, South Kensington, Catalogue of the Exhibition …
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
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2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM
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< Back to Introduction Edgar Boehm’s marble statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum was commissioned by the committee of the Darwin Memorial Fund. This body had been set up by Darwin’s friends after his death in 1882, with the aim of providing…
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- … collections of the British Museum from Bloomsbury to South Kensington, and was a response to the …
- … of the Royal Society, presented the work to the Prince of Wales. The latter was preeminent among the …
- … point, even from the tiered balconies at the entrance (south) end of the hall. The Memorial …
- … of the late Charles Darwin in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington’, The Graphic , 31:812 …
- … address of Professor Huxley, and the reply of the Prince of Wales’, Popular Science Monthly , 27 …
- … in F.H.W. Sheppard (ed.), Survey of London , vol. 38, South Kensington Museums Area (London: …
- … William Thomas Stearn, The Natural History Museum at South Kensington. A History of the Museum, …
Conrad Martens
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Conrad Martens was born in London, the son of an Austrian diplomat. He studied landscape painting under the watercolourist Copley Fielding (1789–1855), who also briefly taught Ruskin. In 1833 he was on board the Hyacinth, headed for India, but en route in…
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- … by Philip Parker King, former commander of the British South American Survey, to whom FitzRoy had …
- … sketched by Martens during his passage from England to South America, prior to his association with …
- … On the bottom, at the lower end, it is inscribed: ‘South America’. The sketchbook has thirty-one …
- … with the Beagle had come to an end, during his voyage from South America via a number of Pacific …
Darwin’s queries on expression
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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…
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- … Calcutta, Ceylon, southern and western Africa, North and South America. The questions are …
- … Feb 1867] [Grahamstown, Cape Colony (South Africa)] …
- … [10 Dec 1867] [Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)? ] …
- … 1867 Bedford [Cape of Good Hope], South Africa …
- … 1867 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Kafir, …
- … 1867] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Kaffirs …
- … Oct 1868 Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa …
- … 1870] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa? …
- … 1873] Bedford, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa? kafir, …
- … Hayes, Bromley, Kent, England (about South Australia) enclosure not found …
Darwin's 1876 letters online
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Birth, tragic death . . . and cardigan jackets. To mark the 211th anniversary of Darwin's birth, we have released online the transcripts and footnotes of over 460 letters written to and from him in 1876 and a supplement of 180 letters written before…
John Maurice Herbert
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John Maurice Herbert was a close friend of Darwin’s at Cambridge University. He was affectionately called ‘Cherbury’ by Darwin, a reference to the seventeenth-century philosopher Edward Herbert, Baron Cherbury, who, like John Herbert, hailed from…
Darwin in letters, 1847-1850: Microscopes and barnacles
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Darwin's study of barnacles, begun in 1844, took him eight years to complete. The correspondence reveals how his interest in a species found during the Beagle voyage developed into an investigation of the comparative anatomy of other cirripedes and…
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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- … Although Darwin was best known for his geological work in South America and other remote Beagle …
- … pushed above sea level by the bulging of the earth beneath South America. He went to Scotland in …
- … to the process he believed had lifted the continent of South America. In each case, the fact that …
- … his last ever geological field trip, a return visit to North Wales in 1842, Darwin wrote that the …
'An Appeal' against animal cruelty
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The four-page pamphlet transcribed below and entitled 'An Appeal', was composed jointly by Emma and Charles Darwin (see letter from Emma Darwin to W. D. Fox, [29 September 1863]). The pamphlet, which protested against the cruelty of steel vermin…
Syms Covington
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When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time. And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth. All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … of his return to England his papers on coral reefs and on South America had established him as a …
- … boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America”, Darwin continued to …
- … during the following decades, the effects of glaciation in Wales and Scotland came to be better …
- … it put an end to further field work in geology. From his South American days he knew how important …
- … original geological research required. The trip to North Wales in June 1842 was his last field trip: …
A tale of two bees
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Darwinian evolution theory fundamentally changed the way we understand the environment and even led to the coining of the word 'ecology'. Darwin was fascinated by bees: he devised experiments to study the comb-building technique of honey bees and…
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- … its range up to Northumberland in the north, and west to south Wales (see ‘ Bombus hypnorum …
Darwin & Geology
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The lessons Darwin learned from Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge, and in the field in North Wales, stood him in good stead during the Beagle voyage. While he was attached to the Beagle from 1831 to 1835, Darwin actually spent about two-thirds of his time ashore,…
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- … the same basic processes that had shaped the geology of South America were also at work in the …