To the Librarian of the Royal Geographical Society [19 March 1839]
Mr Darwin would be much obliged to the Librarian of the Geographical Society to send him Lutke’s1 charts of the Caroline Isld, & likewise any charts of the Lagoon Isld. in the Pacific by Beechey, which the Society may possess.—2 12 Upper Gower St
Tuesday.—
Bibliography
Lütke, Fedor Petrovich. 1835–6. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l’empereur Nicolas 1er^, sur la corvette le Séniavine, dans les années 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. 4 vols. and 2 atlases. Paris.
Summary
Formal request for F. Lutké’s charts of the Caroline Islands and any charts by Beechey of the Lagoon Islands [Ellice Islands] that the Society might possess.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-499
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Royal Geographical Society
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Royal Geographical Society
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 499,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-499.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
