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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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- … would – but for their having ousted the Pope from his office of Interpreter-general of the Bible – …
- … Mr Ross made a certain particular of the Survey to do the office of a private remark, which I, of …
- … nor their Hydrographers, who proceeded the Admiral, in that office, have observed its dicta – nor …
- … (Mr Hare replied) free people – having been freed by the Colonial laws of Java under the British …
- … – stated long since to have been emancipated under the Colonial law of Java – and now again produced …
- … a due registry thereof has this day been registered in my office, as duly emancipated according to …
- … ship and delivered to the people by the hands of two of the office clerks (Eurasians) whilst Mr Hare …
- … how they had been duped, and set off to the nearest office of the magistrate class to make complaint …
- … time had passed on they resorted to another magistrate’s office situated farther off from them – but …
- … during the time that Slavery was a legal institution in the Colonial department of the British …
- … a desert rock in the West Indian Seas – and worse still a Colonial Governor actually treated and …
- … that he had purchased a Koran for the one who assumed the office of reader-expounder and chief …
- … if I had not calculated on being myself appointed to the office of Inspector-general – with a salary …
- … – because – it has long been evident enough that the Colonial quarter of “Headquarters” have already …
- … of justice, be deemed of, as being a free person. In his office of “Commissioner-general” in Borneo …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution
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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’. Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
