To J. Shillinglaw, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society [1839 – May 1842]1
12. U. G. St.
Thursday
My dear Sir
Will you please give the Bearer the 1st. vol of Beechey2 & 2d of Naut. Mag.—3 Also an order on Arrowsmith4 for the Atlas of Dumont Durville’s voyage in the Astrolabe.—5 My servant did call at Arrowsmith, but brought only the Atlas of the voyage of Duperrey6 in the Coquille.— I want both.—
Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Beechey, Frederick William. 1831. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait, to co-operate with the Polar expeditions: performed in HMS Blossom … in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. 2 vols. London.
Coral reefs: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN, during the years 1832 to 1836. By Charles Darwin. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1842.
Dumont d’Urville, Jules Sébastien César, ed. 1830–5. Voyage de la corvette l’Astrolabe. Histoire 5 vols. 1830–5; Zoologie 4 vols. 1830–4; Botanique 1 vol. 1832; Entomologie 2 pts in 1 vol. 1832–5; Philologie 1 vol. 1833. Paris: J. Tastu, éditeur-imprimeur.
Duperrey, Louis Isidore. 1825–30. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 7 vols. Paris: Arthus Bertrand.
Summary
Asks for volumes of F. W. Beechey’s work [Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Bering Strait (1831)] and Nautical magazine and an order on [John] Arrowsmith for atlas of Dumont d’Urville’s Voyage in the "Astrolabe".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-477
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Shillinglaw; Royal Geographical Society
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (GEN/D/DARWIN (C)/4)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 477,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-477.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2