Felméri, Lajos. 1870. Úti levelek Skóciából. [Travel letters from Scotland.] Sárospatak: n.p.
From Andrew Murray 12 August 1867
Summary
He is planning a new journal to replace Natural History Review. Unlike the old one, it would be confined to reviews and would include an index of works on travel.
| Author: | Andrew Dickson (Andrew) Murray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Aug 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 171: 328 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5604 |
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- … old one, it would be confined to reviews and would include an index of works on travel. …
- … that Murray started was the Journal of Travel and Natural History ; only one volume was …
- … Wilhelm Engelmann , whose titles included many travel and natural history publications. …
- … The list of travels referred to has not been identified. …
- … man in picking the kernels out of books of travels—and that you must be more sensible than …
- … Hist: facts scattered thro’ books of travels would be of to the Naturalist— I am going to …
- … and to help to make it go I shall add travels to the subjects reviewed—and altho I shall …
- … have been to you to have had a Journal of Travels extending over a number of years in w …
- … Eye down the Index— For me a mere list of travels in Each Country (like Engelmanns German …
Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1819. Travels in Nubia. London.
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- … Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1819. Travels in Nubia. London. 5,6 …
To Emil Holub 23 January 1882
Summary
Thanks EH for gift of 2d ed. of his book of travels [Seven years in South Africa (1881)]. Expresses admiration for EH’s courage and zeal for science.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emil Holub |
| Date: | 23 Jan 1882 |
| Classmark: | Národní Muzeum, Prague |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13641 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … Thanks EH for gift of 2d ed. of his book of travels [ Seven years in South Africa (1881)]. …
- … Holub described various dangers during his travels, such as evading a lion that attacked …
- … 1881a. Seven years in South Africa: travels, researches, and hunting adventures, between …
- … 1881b. Seven years in South Africa: travels, researches, and hunting adventures, between …
- … of the 2 d . Edit of your fine book of Travels. I thank you sincerely for this gift, & …
Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1822. Travels in Nubia. 2d ed. London.
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- … Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1822. Travels in Nubia. 2d ed. London. 5,6 …
Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1829. Travels in Arabia. 2 vols. London.
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- … Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1829. Travels in Arabia. 2 vols. London. 6 …
Hasselquist, Frederik. 1766. Voyages and travels in the Levant. London.
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- … Hasselquist, Frederik. 1766. Voyages and travels in the Levant. London. 5 …
From Alfred Russel Wallace 7 February 1868
Summary
Thanks for Variation.
Reports work on his travel book [The Malay Archipelago (1869)].
| Author: | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 Feb 1868 |
| Classmark: | DAR 106: B48 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5848 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Thanks for Variation . Reports work on his travel book [ The Malay Archipelago (1869)]. …
- … intention of writing a narrative of his travels in Malaysia in 1864 (see Correspondence …
- … A. R. Wallace, 22 September [1865] ). The travels were eventually published as A. R. …
- … been for some time hammering away at my travels,—but I fear I shall make a mess of it. I …
Pratt, Mary Louise. 1992. Imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation. London: Routledge.
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- … Pratt, Mary Louise. 1992. Imperial eyes: travel writing and transculturation . London: …
Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 … 21. 2 vols. London.
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- … Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 … 21. 2 vols. …
Stephens, John Lloyd. 1843. Incidents of travel in Yucatan. 2 vols. London: John Murray.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Stephens, John Lloyd. 1843. Incidents of travel in Yucatan. 2 vols. London: John Murray. …
Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage. 1865. Travels and researches in Crete. 2 vols. London: John Van Voorst.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage. 1865. Travels and researches in Crete . 2 vols. London: John …
Fisher, Robert C., and Jabado, Salwa. 2011. Fodor’s Dublin and southeastern Ireland. New York: Fodor’s Travel.
Matches: 1 hit
- … 2011. Fodor’s Dublin and southeastern Ireland. New York: Fodor’s Travel. WorldCat 25 …
Moreno, Francisco P. 1877. Travels in Patagonia. South American Missionary Magazine, 1 October 1877, pp. 239–42.
Matches: 1 hit
- … Moreno, Francisco P. 1877. Travels in Patagonia. South American Missionary Magazine , 1 …
Burckhardt, John Lewis. 1830. Notes on the Bedouins and Wahábys, collected during his travels in the east. 2 vols. London.
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- … on the Bedouins and Wahábys, collected during his travels in the east. 2 vols. London. 6 …
Leask, Nigel. 2002. Curiosity and the aesthetics of travel writing, 1770–1840: ‘from an antique land’. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- … 2002. Curiosity and the aesthetics of travel writing, 1770–1840: ‘from an antique land’ . …
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Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … partly due to the recollections they inspired of his own travels in the tropics. Even before he left …
