To John Washington 14 October [1839]
12 Upper Gower St.
Oct. 14th.
Dear Washington
I return you the proof sheets, & have no observations to make on the geology, contained therein.— When I come to describe the Cordillera of Chile, this paper will be of considerable use to me.1 Very many thanks for the Bib. des Voyages;2 you have an excellent memory for your friends.—
If you can assist me to the Annales Maritims (1829 Part II, p 283) for Tromelins Voyage, you will have helped me in every point, which I wanted.3 Is it not a proper book for the Soc. to purchase?
With many thanks | Believe me | Yours very truly | Chas Darwin
I hope to pay you a visit in the course of a few days
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bajot, Louis Marie. 1816–47. Annales maritimes et coloniales, ou recueil de lois et ordonnances royales, réglemens et décisions ministérielles etc. (1834–47 by M. Bajot and M. Poirré.) Paris.
Gosselman, Carl August. 1839. Some notes on the route from Cordova to Mendoza in 1837. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 9: 407–8.
Montémont, Albert Étienne de. 1833–6. Bibliothèque universelle des voyages effectués par mer ou par terre dans les diverses parties du monde, depuis les premières découvertes jusqu’à nos jours. 46 vols. Paris.
Summary
Returns proof-sheets of an article he has reviewed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. He will find it useful when he comes to describe the Cordilleras of Chile.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-536
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Washington; Royal Geographical Society
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- Royal Geographical Society
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 536,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-536.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
