From Albert Günther 14 February 1874
British Museum
Febr. 14th. 1874
My dear Sir
I have had great pleasure in signing Mr Swinhoe’s certificate which I return herewith.1
I am still engaged with the Gallapagos. Tortoises which prove to be much more interesting than I anticipated2
Yours very truly | A Günther
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf. 1875. The gigantic land tortoises of the Mascarene and Galapagos Islands. Nature, 22 July 1875, pp. 238–9; 29 July 1875, pp. 259–61; 12 August 1875, pp. 296–7.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
Summary
Signs Robert Swinhoe’s certificate [for the Royal Society] with pleasure.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9291
- From
- Albrecht Carl Ludwig Gotthilf (Albert) Günther
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- British Museum
- Source of text
- DAR 97: C39
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9291,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9291.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
