Osbeck, Per. 1771. A voyage to China and the East Indies … Translated from the German, by John Reinhold Forster. 2 vols. London.
Horsburgh, James. 1836. India directory: or, directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil, and the interjacent ports. 4th edition. 2 vols. London: W. H. Allen and Co.
Banks, Joseph. 1896. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B., P.R.S. during Captain Cook’s first voyage in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768–71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, etc. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
From Erasmus Galton 30 December 1871
Summary
After reading Descent sends two instances of men and animals using the same muscles to express similar emotional states.
| Author: | Erasmus Galton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 30 Dec 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8125 |
Horsburgh, James. 1809–11. Directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, and the interjacent ports; compiled chiefly from original journals at the East India House, and from journals and observations, made during twenty-one years experience navigating in those seas. 2 pts. London: printed for the author by Black, Parry, and Kingsbury.
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Evolution in Commentary
The writing of "Origin"
Summary
From a quiet rural existence at Down in Kent, filled with steady work on his ‘big book’ on the transmutation of species, Darwin was jolted into action in 1858 by the arrival of an unexpected letter (no longer extant) from Alfred Russel Wallace outlining a…
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- … When I was in spirits I sometimes fancied that my book w d be successful; but I never even …
