To John Higgins 14 May 1866
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of £262 8s. 8d.
Had not heard they had suffered so much from the cattle plague in Lincolnshire.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Higgins |
| Date: | 14 May 1866 |
| Classmark: | Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (10 April 2019, lot 138) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5090G |
Matches: 1 hit
- … in Lincolnshire was Joseph Gilbert . John Higgins’s son was John Higgins ( 1826–1902) . …
From Emily Catherine Darwin 15 [January 1837]
Summary
Morning Herald had an account of CD’s 80 specimens of Mammalia and 450 birds at the Zoological Society.
John Gould has described new species in CD’s Galapagos birds.
Much interest in CD’s "Laurels".
Family news.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 [Jan 1837] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 142 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-341 |
Matches: 6 hits
- … 4–7. [vols. 2,3,7] Head, Francis Bond. 1826. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys …
- … Caroline Sarah Darwin . Proctor 1825 . Miers 1826 . Caldcleugh …
- … 1825 . Head 1826 . Erasmus Alvey Darwin . Syms Covington became CD’s servant in the Beagle …
- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
- … Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the …
- … Society of London 5: 3–4. Miers, John. 1826. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including …
To Richard Kippist? 11 December [1860]
Summary
Orders several volumes: Mémoires du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle 8 (1822), Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 14 (1826), and BAAS Report containing Owen’s Presidential Address [1858, pp. xli–cx].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Kippist |
| Date: | 11 Dec [1860] |
| Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 82) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3016 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 14 (1826), and BAAS Report containing Owen’s Presidential …
- … 8: 12–46, 241–96. Grant, Robert Edmond. 1826. On the structure and nature of the Spongilla …
- … to Grant’s belief in transmutation ( Grant 1826 ). The paper is cited in the ‘Historical …
- … third edition of Origin , p. xiv: In 1826, Professor Grant, in the concluding paragraph …
From John Coldstream 13 September 1831
Summary
Suggestions and information helpful to CD in preparation for Beagle voyage. David Brewster’s meteorological papers. Suggests an oyster-trawl for collecting marine animals. Recommends CD see R. E. Grant. For meteorological observations suggests F. W. Beechey’s Voyage to the Pacific [1831] and an interview with J. F. Daniell of King’s College.
| Author: | John Coldstream |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Sept 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-124 |
Matches: 4 hits
- … Brewster 1826 , 1823. Beechey 1831 . A copy of another edition (Philadelphia 1832) is in …
- … 27, 28. 2 vols. London. Brewster, David. 1826. Results of the thermometrical observations …
- … of the years 1824 and 1825. [Read 23 January 1826. ] Transactions of the Royal Society of …
- … Royal Soc y . of Edin r . , published in 1826 or –27. The only other paper to which I can …
From Catherine & Caroline Darwin 11 April [1826]
Summary
Family and Shrewsbury news. Visits of relatives and friends.
| Author: | Emily Catherine (Catherine) Darwin; Emily Catherine (Catherine) Langton; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Apr [1826] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 24 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-31 |
From John Lubbock 2 September 1864
Summary
Wishes to borrow volumes 1 and 3 of Narrative [vol. 1 by Capt. P. P. King, vol. 3 by CD].
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 Sept 1864 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4606 |
From Robert Edmond Grant 16 May 1861
Summary
[Letter printed in REG, Tabular view of the primary divisions of the animal kingdom.] Dedicates his book to CD in testimony of his admiration of CD’s successful attempt to throw light on "the mystery of mysteries of organic nature".
| Author: | Robert Edmond Grant |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 May 1861 |
| Classmark: | Grant 1861, pp. v–vi |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3150 |
Matches: 5 hits
- … 2 vols. London: J. Johnson. Grant, Robert Edmond. 1826. On the structure and nature of the …
- … R. 1985. Darwin’s invertebrate program, 1826-1836: preconditions for transformism. The …
- … evolutionary doctrines. CD referred to an 1826 paper in which he stated that Grant ‘ …
- … published in the 1820s, including Grant 1826 ; these may be in the Darwin Library–Down. A …
- … to the study of marine invertebrates in 1826 and 1827 while he was a student at Edinburgh …
To Robert FitzRoy [28 August 1834]
Summary
Recounts his trip [from Valparaiso] to Santiago. His meeting with Claude Gay, Thomas Sutcliffe, and others. Geology of tour uninteresting.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Date: | [28 Aug 1834] |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-254 |
From Emma Wedgwood to F. E. E. Wedgwood [24 October 1836]
Summary
They are impatient for CD’s arrival.
EW is reading F. Head’s "gallop" [Rapid journeys across the Pampas (1826)] "to get up a little knowledge for him".
CD has nearly settled in favour of living in Cambridge.
| Author: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Mackintosh; Frances Emma Elizabeth (Fanny) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [24 Oct 1836] |
| Classmark: | V&A / Wedgwood Collection (MS WM 233) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-315 |
To J. D. Hooker [6 March 1844]
Summary
Affinity of Galapagos with nearest Pacific islands. Relationship between ranges of species in time and space. Comparison of Malden Island and Galapagos plants. Affinities of Oceania plants with continental floras.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | [6 Mar 1844] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-738 |
To Richard Owen [c. December 1837]
Summary
Sends remaining proofs of RO’s description of Toxodon [Fossil Mammalia] and a revise of first part. Will Owen want a second revise? CD has made "plenty of remarks".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Richard Owen |
| Date: | [c. Dec 1837] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-389 |
From Robert FitzRoy 23 September 1831
Summary
Regrets he cannot take Francis Owen on Beagle as midshipman. RF thinks CD had better be on the books [for victuals], but CD should do as he likes. Refitting progress is slow.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 Sept 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 105 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-135 |
To Ernst Haeckel [after 10] August – 8 October [1864]
Summary
Can understand EH’s feelings on death of his wife.
CD was impressed by manner in which species in South America are replaced by closely allied ones, by affinity of species inhabiting islands near S. America, and by relation of living Edentata and Rodentia to extinct species. When he read Malthus On population, the idea of natural selection flashed on him.
Agrees with EH’s remarks on Kölliker ["Darwin’sche Schöpfungstheorie", Z. Wiss. Zool. 14 (1864): 174–86].
Asks EH to thank Carl Gegenbaur [for Vergleichende Anatomie der Wirbelthiere (1864)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Ernst Philipp August (Ernst) Haeckel |
| Date: | [after 10] Aug – 8 Oct [1864] |
| Classmark: | Ernst-Haeckel-Haus (Bestand A–Abt. 1: 1–52/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4631 |
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- … Ray Society. 1854. Malthus, Thomas Robert. 1826. An essay on the principle of population; …
- … Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 …
- … essay on the principle of population ( Malthus 1826 ), which he read in September 1838 ( …
- … s work, closely; he re-read Malthus 1826 in 1847 (see Correspondence vol. 4, Appendix …
- … IV). There is an annotated copy of Malthus 1826 in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia …
From John Lubbock 22 and 26 March 1865
Summary
JL’s MS at printer’s [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Apologises for failure to post letter.
| Author: | John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 22 and 26 Mar 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 170: 50 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4791 |
To T. H. Huxley 21 September [1871]
Summary
On Mivart’s Genesis of species, and THH’s intention to reply to it.
Chauncey Wright’s pamphlet [see 7940].
CD is revising Origin and will answer Mivart on incipient organs. "Pendulum is swinging against us, but will swing back again".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| Date: | 21 Sept [1871] |
| Classmark: | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 279) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7958 |
To J. E. Gray 19 January [1856]
Summary
Is obliged for JEG’s assistance.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Edward Gray |
| Date: | 19 Jan [1856] |
| Classmark: | British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1491) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1822A |
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- … Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1491) Charles Robert Darwin Down 19 …
To Samuel Birch 6 February [1856]
Summary
Is grateful for SB’s note and assistance. Will call upon him in London in a fortnight.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Birch |
| Date: | 6 Feb [1856] |
| Classmark: | British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1492) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1829A |
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- … Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1492) Charles Robert Darwin Down 6 …
To Samuel Birch 8 April [1856]
Summary
His thanks for the extracts sent by SB.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Birch |
| Date: | 8 Apr [1856] |
| Classmark: | British Museum (Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1494) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1851A |
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- … Department of the Middle East, correspondence 1826–67: 1494) Charles Robert Darwin Down 8 …
To Samuel Birch 21 April [1861]
Summary
Regrets having troubled SB during his illness. His thanks for the assistance already given.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Samuel Birch |
| Date: | 21 Apr [1861] |
| Classmark: | British Museum (Department of the Middle East, Correspondence, 1826–67: 1493 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3124A |
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- … Department of the Middle East, Correspondence, 1826–67: 1493 Charles Robert Darwin Down 21 …
From Robert FitzRoy 20 June [1839]
Summary
Robert Brown has mistreated Capt. P. P. King by holding back for nine years the plants collected on King’s voyage of the Adventure and Beagle.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 20 June [1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 147 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-522 |
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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…
Matches: 28 hits
- … 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.
Matches: 10 hits
- … 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 …
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 …
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 …
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.] …
