To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877
Summary
Is printing a book on dimorphic plants [Forms of flowers] in which he will make considerable use of FM’s work.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Date: | 9 May 1877 |
| Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10954 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
From B. J. Sulivan 29 September 1881
Summary
Gives further details on his grapes.
Tells of his recent movements and state of health.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Sept 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 315 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13363 |
From J. D. Hooker 4 December 1866
Summary
Lyell’s volume [Principles, 10th ed.] received.
"We must now keep him straight anent origin and development."
Some of Spencer’s new part is interesting but much is dull and ponderous.
Huxley’s Elementary physiology [1866].
Has finished his New Zealand manual [Handbook of New Zealand flora (1864–7)]. New Zealand flora [and past geological conditions] suggest islands were once connected.
Speculates on the total amount of living organised matter on the globe, and whether it varies.
Balfour Stewart on sunspots.
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Dec 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 114–17 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5294 |
From F. H. Hooker 22 September [1865]
Summary
J. D. Hooker is recovering from his ill health.
| Author: | Frances Harriet Henslow; Frances Harriet Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept [1865] |
| Classmark: | DAR 104: 237–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4898 |
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- … edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–. Geikie, Archibald. 1865. The scenery …
To P. G. King 21 February 1854
Summary
PGK’s letter stirred memories of their old days in the Beagle.
Gives news of his work on cirripedes. Would like to examine Scalpellum papillosum of King from Patagonia if PGK’s father has a duplicate in his collection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Philip Gidley King |
| Date: | 21 Feb 1854 |
| Classmark: | Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 3447/2 Item 1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1554A |
From Benjamin Silliman Sr and Benjamin Silliman Jr 24 May 1839
Summary
Thanks for copies of the Proceedings of the Geological Society of London, with a request for items (listed) missing from their set.
Offer to supply, if they can, any copies missing from the Geological Society’s run of the American Journal of Science.
| Author: | Benjamin Silliman, Sr; Benjamin Silliman, Jr |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin; William John Hamilton |
| Date: | 24 May 1839 |
| Classmark: | Geological Society of London (GSL/L/R/233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-511F |
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- … The first issue of the Proceedings was for the 1826–7 session; issue 47 was for the 1836–7 …
From E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 24 January 1867
Summary
Describes progress in preparation of third German edition of the Origin. Asks about use of photograph for edition.
| Author: | E. Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Jan 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 74 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5377 |
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- … Erwin Nägele) G.m.b.H. , Stuttgart, 1826–1926. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. 1926. Origin : …
To J. S. Henslow [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]
Summary
A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-192 |
From J. H. Balfour 22 September 1864
Summary
Does not know an Edinburgh nurseryman who can supply the cowslips and primroses CD wants; will try to get them from the Botanic Garden.
Hears from Hooker that CD is also examining Lythrum.
| Author: | John Hutton Balfour |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 33 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4620 |
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- … edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–. Correspondence : The correspondence of …
To Edmund Hartnack 1 March 1874
Summary
Has been waiting several months for a microscope objective and would like it without delay.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Edmund Hartnack |
| Date: | 1 Mar 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: C42 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9326 |
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- … improved image quality (‘ Edmund Hartnack (1826–1891)’, Molecular expressions: exploring …
To J. S. Henslow 15 [November 1831]
Summary
Sailing date fixed for end of month. Beagle is beautiful. Details of instructions and route. Hopes voyage will not exceed four years. Quarters very confined. Considers Jenyns did wisely in not coming. If CD were longer out of college and some years older he never could have endured it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 15 [Nov 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 10 DAR/1/1/10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-147 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
From Charles D. Douglas 24 February 1835
Summary
Sends CD large beetles from Chiloé.
Describes an earthquake at Caucague.
Gives exact location and measurements of two blocks of granite; has seen and heard of others; will report if he surveys the Potrero on Chiloé.
| Author: | Charles D. Douglas |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 24 Feb 1835 |
| Classmark: | DAR 35.1: 329–30 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-269 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
To Karl von Scherzer 13 February 1877
Summary
Has read a large part of the Novara voyage [Narrative of the circumnavigation of the globe by the Austrian frigate "Novara" (1861–3)] with pleasure. CD was particularly interested in the scandalous French behaviour at Tahiti.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Karl von Scherzer |
| Date: | 13 Feb 1877 |
| Classmark: | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center (Joseph Halle Schaffner collection, box 1, folder 2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10843 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
To Francis Galton 28 May [1854]
Summary
Discusses how Fuegians and other primitive peoples light fires.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Galton |
| Date: | 28 May [1854] |
| Classmark: | UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1881 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
From G. C. Oxenden [before 30 May 1862]
Summary
Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.
| Author: | George Chichester Oxenden |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 30 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 173.1: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3526 |
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- … London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1826–. Collected papers : The collected papers of …
To John Murray 10 January [1867]
Summary
Relieved by JM’s note and by his agreement on type size. Is alarmed by what the verdict [on Variation] of JM’s friend will be. He is not a man of science. An unscientific reader would have condemned the Origin. An eminent semi-scientific man thought the Journal of researches not worth publishing.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 10 Jan [1867] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 f. 166) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5356 |
From E. A. Darwin [c. 22 November 1875]
Summary
Calculates ounce and gram equivalents of pints (old and imperial).
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [c. 22 Nov 1875] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 130–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9197 |
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- … system of measurement officially superceded in 1826 by the imperial system; similarly, the …
To Robert FitzRoy [19 September 1831]
Summary
Reports on errands he has done for RF. Has discussed with Beaufort the question of his having right to dispose of his collection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Date: | [19 Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 112 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-131 |
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- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
From Caroline Darwin 9–28 March [1834]
Summary
They learn from a garbled report in the Times that CD’s specimens have arrived in Cambridge.
William Clift, at Royal College of Surgeons, delighted by CD’s letter about the bones that were sent to Plymouth.
Strange coincidence that Royal College of Surgeons has the front portion and CD has sent home the remainder of a skull, of which a drawing can now be completed.
Other news of family and friends.
| Author: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 9 & 28 Mar [1834] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 80 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-239 |
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- … In 1826. See ‘Journal’ ( Correspondence vol. 1, Appendix I) entry for 30 October of that …
To Hugh Falconer 17 December [1859]
Summary
Suggests HF investigate hippopotamus tooth.
Has heard HF is very antagonistic to his views on species. Cannot believe a false theory would explain so many classes of facts.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hugh Falconer |
| Date: | 17 Dec [1859] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 22 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2587 |
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- … of the Geological Society of London 1 (1826– 33): 479. [Wollaston, Thomas Vernon]. 1860a. …
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| Darwin, Caroline | (9) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (277) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (33) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (15) |
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Darwin’s student booklist
Summary
In October 1825 Charles Darwin and his older brother, Erasmus, went to study medicine in Edinburgh, where their father, Robert Waring Darwin, had trained as a doctor in the 1780’s. Erasmus had already graduated from Cambridge and was continuing his studies…
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- … find the discipline of medicine more congenial. In October 1826 Charles returned to Edinburgh for a …
- … training (see letter from E. A. Darwin, [29 September 1826] ). However, Charles’s medical …
- … Granby in a letter to his sister dated 29 January 1826 , so perhaps he meant that the list …
- … Or perhaps, having returned to Edinburgh in the autumn of 1826, he made a list of some books he had …
- … House. Darwin wrote to his sister Susan on 29 January [1826] : I have been most …
- … 1819b and Abernethy 1823 (see n. 3). 10 White 1826. 12 mo: duodecimo. 11 Pennant …
- … 13 Edinburgh new philosophical journal vols. 1–19 (1826–64), a continuation of the Edinburgh …
- … copy in the Darwin Library–CUL. 16 Hudson 1826; Lister 1826. CD described Lister 1826 as …
- … A periodical by Samuel Johnson. 20 Smith 1826. 21 Clarke 1810–23. …
- … th ed. 2 vols. London. Hudson, Marianne Spencer. 1826. Almack’s: a novel . 3 vols. …
- … Blackwood. London: T. Cadell. Lister, Thomas Henry. 1826. Granby . 3 vols. London. …
- … of Dr. Darwin . London: J. Johnson. Smith, Horace. 1826. Brambletye House: or, cavaliers …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
Summary
In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … 1800]— perhaps worth reading quoted by Malthus [Malthus 1826]. Heberdens observations on …
- … spont. Hybrids. where? Sweet Hortus Britann: [Sweet 1826]— has remarks on acclimatizing of …
- … 29 Chardin [Chardin 1686] & Bernier [Bernier 1826]. Mack. says very amusing Toland …
- … [Yarrell 1843] (1 Vol read) Last Edit of Malthus 1826 [Malthus 1826]— (read) Pallas’ …
- … Baber’s Biography. translat. by Erskine [Baber 1826] Lee Scot’s Narrative of Shipwreck in …
- … memoire descriptif de la fôret de Bialowcka. Varsovie 1826 [Brincken 1828] quoted by …
- … generales sur les Mammif. Isid. G. St. Hilaire. 1826? [I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826] facts on …
- … 1844].) read Sageret sur les Cucurbitaceæ [Sageret 1826] (Gerard Hybrids [Gérard 1844]) …
- … North’s lives of L d . Guildford & the Norths [North 1826]. (Erasmus) read Hebrew …
- … [Lavater 1806–7] Malthus on Population [Malthus 1826] Oct 12 th W. Earle’s 60 …
- … [T. Campbell 1828]. Some of Shellys Poems [Shelley 1826] 19 th . Read well Mackenzie …
- … 8 th Sageret’s Mem: sur les Cucurbitaceæ [Sageret 1826]— —— 16 Bot. Reports. Ray. Soc. …
- … I to Tom. XX —— 7 Malthus on population [Malthus 1826] (2 d time) —— 12 Brickell’s …
- … Col. Lib Aug. 25. North’s lives of L. North [North 1826] interesting Sept 13. Sismondi …
- … 1848 Jan 25. W. Tone Autobiography [Tone 1826] very amusing March 10 John Galt …
- … 1847] goodish —— 20. Berniers Travels [Bernier 1826]— d[itt]o —— 26 Lane’s Water Cure …
- … of Birds Yarrell has.?— Ramond Acad. of Sci. Jan. 1826 [G. Cuvier 1830]. Flora of Pyrenees …
- … Bentham has published list of Pyrenes plants [Bentham 1826]. I daresay he w d . go over list with …
- … These authors were cited in Lesson and Garnot 1826–30. 9 CD did not follow his own …
- … Paris. [Darwin Library.] *119: 9v.; 119: 1a Baber. 1826. Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din …
- … and London. [Other eds.] 128: 9 Bentham, George. 1826. Catalogue des plantes indigènes …
- … *119: 20v.; 128: 14 Bernier, François. 1826. Travels in the Mogul Empire A.D. 1656 …
- … Majesty’s Ships Leven and Barracouta, from 1821 to 1826. Under the command of Capt. W. F. …
- … de l’Académie royale des sciences, pendant l’année 1826, pp. clxix–cc. *128: 167 Dampier, …
- … “Adventure” and “Beagle” between the years 1826 and 1836 . Edited by Robert FitzRoy. 3 vols. …
- … *119: 20v. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore. 1826. Mammifères. In Bory de Saint-Vincent, …
- … the most instructive and amusing lives . 34 vols. London. 1826–33. [Other eds.] 119: 2a …
- … “Adventure” and “Beagle” between the years 1826 and 1836 . Edited by Robert FitzRoy. 3 vols. …
Early Days
Summary
Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment The young Charles Darwin From an early age, Darwin exhibited a keen interest in the natural world. His boyish fascination with naturalist pursuits deepened as he entered college and started to interact with…
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- … Letter 20 —Darwin to Caroline Darwin [6 Jan 1826] Darwin describes to his sister Caroline his …
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … wrote to his sister during an earlier voyage (16 March 1826): ‘I flatter myself I have a complete …
- … the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824–25 . London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 333; Stoddart 1962, p.4). …
- … description of active and extinct volcanoes . . . London, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 23v., 26). Darwin …
- … MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] Garnot. 2 vols., atlas. Paris, 1826–30. (DAR 30.2: 184; 31.1: 241). …
- … journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes. London, 1826. (DAR 36.1: 469v.). Darwin Library …
- … dans les deux hémisphères. 2d ed. Paris, Strasbourg, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 56v.). Darwin Library–CUL †. …
- … Conchifera and Mollusca in a collection formed . . . 1826–30. Zoological Journal 5 (1832–4). …
- … Travels in Chile and La Plata . . . 2 vols. London, 1826. (DAR 31.2: 319; letter to Robert Fitzroy …
- … des côtes de l’Amérique méridionale . . . Paris, 1826. (DAR 32.1: 1, 2). [Saint Pierre, …
- … by J. B. B. Eyriès of Ansichten der Natur , 2d ed., 1826. 2 vols. Paris, 1828. (Letter to …
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Summary
'a humble toadyish follower…': Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are flattering. Published here for the first time is a complete transcript of a satirical account of the Beagle’s brief visit in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands…
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- … stretched over four decades. Ross’ chief project from 1826 to his death was developing a settlement …
- … to the Cape of Good Hope, where he lived from 1820 to 1826, while pressing the British and the Dutch …
- … his party to Cocos Keeling. Hare thus came Cocos-Keeling in 1826, after Ross’ initial visit but …
Philip Gidley King
Summary
King was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 31 October 1817, son of Captain Phillip Parker King and Harriett (Lethbridge). His grandfather, also named Philip Gidley King, had been governor of New South Wales. As a child, King travelled to England with…
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- … and in 1824-5 attended school near Deptford in London. From 1826 to1830 he sailed under his father’s …
William Darwin Fox
Summary
Charles Darwin’s cousin, William Darwin Fox, was admitted to Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1824, three years before Darwin; the two men became close friends. They corresponded throughout their lives, exchanging accounts of their growing families…
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- … John Stevens Henslow. Fox’s diary and accounts for 1824 to 1826, now in Christ’s College Old Library …
Journal of researches
Summary
Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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- … Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination …
Erasmus moves to London
Summary
Darwin's brother, Erasmus, leaves Edinburgh to go to Cambridge University
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- … Darwin's brother, Erasmus, leaves Edinburgh to go to Cambridge University …
Darwin’s first love
Summary
Darwin’s long marriage to Emma Wedgwood is well documented, but was there an earlier romance in his life? How was his departure on the Beagle entangled with his first love? The answers are revealed in a series of flirtatious letters that Darwin was…
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
Summary
The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…
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- … R. Malthus’ An essay on the principle of population (1826) furnished him with a causal mechanism …
George Peacock
Summary
George Peacock was born 9 April 1791 in Denton near Darlington in Yorkshire. He was the son of a clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Peacock, curate of Denton for 50 years and school master. George was educated at Sedbergh School, Cumbria and Richmond School in…
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- … as deacon, then priest and became Vicar of Wymewold in 1826. In 1839 he was appointed Dean of Ely …
George James Stebbing
Summary
George James Stebbing (1803—1860) travelled around the world with Charles Darwin on board HMS Beagle and helped him with measuring temperature on at least one occasion. However, Stebbing barely registers in Darwin’s correspondence. The only mention omits…
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- … His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their …
Boat Memory
Summary
Boat Memory was one of the indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego brought back to England by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830, but he remains as ghostly a figure as his name. What he was called by his own people is unknown, but the name Boat…
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- … Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] …
Richard Matthews
Summary
Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…
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- … Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] …
Elleparu (York Minster)
Summary
Elleparu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. He was captured by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 after one the small boats used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del Fuego…
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- … Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] …
ESHS 2018: 19th century scientific correspondence networks
Summary
Sunday 16 September, 16:00-18.00, Institute of Education, Room 802 Session chair: Paul White (Darwin Correspondence Project); Discussion chair: Francis Neary (Darwin Correspondence Project) This session marks the formal launch of Ɛpsilon …
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- … railroad and bank, and member of a canal commission. In 1826, Darlington became a founder of the …
Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle, by John Clunies Ross. Transcription by Katharine Anderson
Summary
[f.146r Title page] Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle Supplement / to the 2nd 3rd and Appendix Volumes of the First / Edition Written / for and in the name of the Author of those / Volumes By J.C. Ross. / Sometime Master of a…
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- … been shewn in Section IV took place in the latter part of 1826. That I am however quite …
- … her lying with the English crew until the middle of January 1826 – when he at last left, but had not …
- … and saw these Isles for the first time in his life July 1826. On first landing ^then^ – Mr J.C. Ross …
- … races for being so kept. IX. “In 1826 or within a year of that time – Mr J. …
- … as possible is as follows – About 9 years ago i.e. from 1826 or 1827 counting back from 1836 – Mr …
- … that Mr Hare came to these Islands before the middle of 1826 His Knightly credit for accuracy of …
- … of the present writing. VI “In 1826 – Mr J.C. Ross formerly master of a …
Charles Darwin’s letters: a selection 1825-1859
Summary
The letters in this volume span the years from 1825, when Darwin was a student at the University of Edinburgh, to the end of 1859, when the Origin of Species was published. The early letters portray Darwin as a lively sixteen-year-old medical student. Two…
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- … Malthus’s Essay on the principle of population (London, 1826), he found a clue: in the competition …
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
Summary
Yokcushlu was one of the Alakaluf, or canoe people from the western part of Tierra del Fuego. She was one of the hostages seized by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, after the small boat used for surveying the narrow inlets of the coast of Tierra del…
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- … Majesty’s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy.] …
