From William Lonsdale 15 June 1839
Summary
Acknowledges Journal of researches.
| Author: | William Lonsdale |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 June 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 182 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-521 |
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- … From William Lonsdale 15 June 1839 …
- … DAR 204: 182 William Lonsdale unstated 15 June 1839 Charles Robert Darwin …
- … Darwin | Ever gratefully & Sincerely y rs | W m . Lonsdale Saturday Ev g . 15 th June 1839 …
- … Alexander Caldcleugh dated 18 February 1839, which may have arrived from Chile by mid- …
- … island of Juan Fernandez on 12 February 1839 ( Proceedings of the Geological Society 3 ( …
To Woodbine Parish [January 1839?]
Summary
Likes WP’s book [Buenos Ayres and the province of La Plata (1838)]. Thinks it will interest all "who care for graver things than what the traveller eats and says to the Señoritas".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Woodbine Parish |
| Date: | [Jan 1839?] |
| Classmark: | Shuttleworth 1910, p. 412 n. |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-398 |
To ? [1839–82]
Summary
Is glad addressee’s lectures are going well.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Unidentified |
| Date: | [1839–82] |
| Classmark: | Raptis Rare Books (dealers) (June 2018 item 69022) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13925F |
From William Buckland 7 June 1839
Summary
Acknowledges receipt of Journal of researches.
| Author: | William Buckland |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 7 June 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 176 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-518 |
To Caroline Wedgwood [27 October 1839]
Summary
Describes his routine for a typical day – writing Coral reefs, studying German.
FitzRoy’s "Deluge Chapter" [Narrative 2, ch. 28] will amuse her.
His opinion of Carlyle’s Critical and miscellaneous essays [1839].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | [27 Oct 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 154: 54 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-542 |
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- … To Caroline Wedgwood [27 October 1839] …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [27 Oct 1839] Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin/Caroline …
- … ch. 28] will amuse her. His opinion of Carlyle’s Critical and miscellaneous essays [1839]. …
- … CD began to study German on 5 February 1839 (‘Journal’; Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix …
- … William Erasmus, was born on 27 December 1839. Carlyle 1838–9 . Narrative 2: 657–82: ‘A …
- … and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
To Emma Wedgwood [31 December 1838 –] 1 January 1839
Summary
Has moved into the Gower Street house. Is pleased with it and its location.
Hopes to be able to finish his Glen Roy paper soon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin |
| Date: | [31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 210.8: 9 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-466 |
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- … To Emma Wedgwood [31 December 1838 –] 1 January 1839 …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [31 Dec 1838 –] 1 Jan 1839 Emma Wedgwood/Emma Darwin …
- … 1 January 1839 was a Tuesday. As the letter makes clear, CD began it on the evening of …
- … by Emma Wedgwood , see letter from Emma Wedgwood, [3 January 1839] , and letter to Emma …
- … Wedgwood, [6–7 January 1839] . The four sets of
〈 〉 in the transcription indicate … - … 12 Upper Gower St t !! Monday January 1 st . 1839 | And the first of Our Marriage My dear …
Holland, Henry. 1839. Medical notes and reflections. London.
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- … Holland, Henry. 1839. Medical notes and reflections. London. 4,5,16 …
Martineau, Harriet. 1839. Deerbrook. 3 vols. London.
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- … Martineau, Harriet. 1839. Deerbrook. 3 vols. London. 2 …
Smith, James. 1839. On the climate of the newer pliocene tertiary period. [Read 24 April 1839.] Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1842): 118–19.
Whewell, William. 1839. Address to the Geological Society, delivered at the anniversary, on the 15th February, 1839. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 (1838–42): 61–98.
Krauss, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von. 1839. Physikalische Beobachtungen und Bemerkungen auf einer Reise von England nach dem Kap der guten Hoffnung. Annalen der Erd-, Völker- und Staatenkunde. 3d ser. 7 (1839): 511–41.
To A. Y. Spearman 27 May 1839
Summary
Presents the account of Smith, Elder & Co. for the now published second and third numbers of the first part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 27 May 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-512A |
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- … To A. Y. Spearman 27 May 1839 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 27 May 1839 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … with this letter are two accounts from Smith, Elder & Co . , dated 1 March 1839 and …
- … 1 May 1839, detailing the various costs of Fossil Mammalia, Nos. 2 and 3. The total …
From Robert FitzRoy [20 March 1839]
Summary
Has objected to loading Narrative with advertisements, but thinks CD’s Zoology and Geology might be advertised. Mentions other details of the final stages of publication.
| Author: | Robert FitzRoy |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [20 Mar 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 146 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-500 |
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- … From Robert FitzRoy [20 March 1839] …
- … DAR 204: 146 Robert FitzRoy London, Chester St [20 Mar 1839] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … and 1836. [Edited by Robert FitzRoy. ] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
- … but since the first set is dated August 1839, they may not have been bound in the first …
- … Narrative in the Edinburgh Review 69 (1839): 467–93. Hall initially promised his article …
From Richard Owen 11 June 1839
Summary
Thanks CD effusively [for Journal of researches] – "the most delightful book in my collection".
| Author: | Richard Owen |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 June 1839 |
| Classmark: | DAR 204: 183 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-519 |
To A. Y. Spearman 13 July 1839
Summary
Transmits, as on former occasions, the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the now published third number of the third part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 13 July 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-525A |
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- … To A. Y. Spearman 13 July 1839 …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 13 July 1839 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … from Smith, Elder & Co . , dated 1 July 1839, detailing the various costs of Birds, No. 3. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St t . July 13 th . 1839 Sir I have the honour to transmit, as on former …
To A. Y. Spearman 14 October 1839
Summary
Presents the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the fourth number now published of the second part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 14 Oct 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-538A |
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- … To A. Y. Spearman 14 October 1839 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 14 Oct 1839 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … Smith, Elder & Co . , dated 1 September 1839, detailing the various costs of Mammalia, No. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St October 14 th . 1839 Sir I have the honour to transmit, as on former …
To A. Y. Spearman 27 November 1839
Summary
Encloses the Smith, Elder & Co. account for the fourth number now published of the third part of the Zoology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 27 Nov 1839 |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-546A |
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- … To A. Y. Spearman 27 November 1839 …
- … Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 27 Nov 1839 Alexander Young Spearman, 1st baronet …
- … Smith, Elder & Co . , dated 1 November 1839, detailing the various costs of Birds, No. 4. …
- … 12 Upper Gower St Novemb. 27 th . 1839 Sir I have the honour to transmit, as on former …
From [Mr Edwards?] [before end of 1839?]
Summary
Reports on a setter puppy born of apparently pure pointer parents. Any cross must have been far back.
| Author: | [–] Edwards |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before end of 1839?] |
| Classmark: | DAR 163: 4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13803 |
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- … From [Mr Edwards? ] [before end of 1839? ] …
- … DAR 163: 4 [–] Edwards unstated [before end of 1839? ] Charles Robert Darwin …
- … family adopted the name de Winton in 1839. ( Burke’s landed gentry 1846 s.v. de Winton. ) …
- … in, crossbred animals from at least 1839, and this memorandum may have been written in …
- … circulated between 1 January and 6 May 1839 (see Correspondence vol. 2, Appendix V). The …
To William Herbert [c. 1 April 1839]
Summary
Questions on breeding of plants: variation in established versus new varieties; predominance of wild species and old varieties when crossed with newer forms; predominance of males versus females; correlations between ease of hybridisation and tendency to vary and undergo cultivation; reversion; correlations between hybridisation and geographic distribution.
In WH’s Amaryllidaceae [1837], does he intend to say crossing is inimical to fertility?
[Sent via J. S. Henslow; note to amanuensis Syms Covington.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Herbert, dean of Manchester |
| Date: | [c. 1 Apr 1839] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-502 |
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- … To William Herbert [ c. 1 April 1839] …
- … Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [c. 1 Apr 1839] William Herbert, dean of Manchester …
- … William Herbert to J. S. Henslow, 5 April 1839 , a letter to …
- … Herbert, 26 June 1839 , and one from Herbert, [ c. …
- … 27 June 1839]. They were numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 in brown crayon. CD …
- … 2a, which has been transcribed following the letter from Herbert, [ c. 27 June 1839]. …
- … in CD’s Notebook E during the first half of 1839. Herbert concluded from his experiments …
- … ferns in Annals of Natural History 2 (1839): 236. CD kept this draft with the letter from …
To J. S. Henslow [10 November 1839]
Summary
Urges JSH to describe Galapagos species in a paper on the flora of the islands.
Has been interested in geographical distribution and would be interested to have a paper by JSH on the general character of flora of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.
"I keep on steadily collecting every sort of fact which may throw light on the origin & variation of species."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [10 Nov 1839] |
| Classmark: | The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 7127) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-543 |
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- … To J. S. Henslow [10 November 1839] …
- … 7127) Charles Robert Darwin London, Upper Gower St, 12 [10 Nov 1839] John Stevens Henslow …
- … an entry in Emma Darwin’s diary (DAR 242) for Friday 8 November 1839: ‘Mrs. Henslow came’. …
- … from Alexander von Humboldt, 18 September 1839 . In Beatson 1816. Endlicher 1833 . The …
- … to CD’s questionnaire were sent from Richard Sutton Ford , 6 May 1839, and from George …
- … Tollet , [10 May 1839]. See also Freeman and Gautrey 1969. …
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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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- … to read in Notebook C ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in …
- … in the Royal Society of London (Royal Society of London 1839) has been heavily marked, and quite a …
- … Pierquin, published in Paris (in 2 vols.), so long ago as 1839 4 [Pierquin de Gembloux 1839]. …
- … 1814–29] D r Royle on Himmalaya types [Royle 1839] (read) Smellie Philosophy of …
- … 12 by Owen in Encyclop. of Anat. & Physiology [R. Owen 1839] Dampier probably worth …
- … on subjects of science connected with Nat. Theol: [Brougham 1839] on instinct & animal …
- … 1808] Brit. & Foreign Medical Rev. N o 14. Ap 1839 [Anon. 1839b] Rev. on Walker on …
- … Smart 17 Beginning of a New School of metaphysic. [Smart 1839] about connection of language & …
- … Babbington on Flora of Channel Isl d . [Babington 1839] says he has remarks on affinities of …
- … 1816 [Gallesio 1816]— quoted by D r . Holland [Holland 1839] (p. 27) as good— Decandoelle …
- … [Thacker 1834–5] p. 291 Athenæum 1839. p. 546— M r Conrad has published …
- … Arboretum [Loudon 1838] in Edinburgh Review July 1839 [Anon. 1839a]— there are pencil remarks on it. …
- … would contain facts for me [DAR *119: 9v.] 1839. Decemb. Advertised . …
- … Dog with illustrations of about 100 varieties [?C. H. Smith 1839–40] 24 Flourens “Resume …
- … publishing Travels into interior of N. America [Wied-Neuwied 1839–41]— in Geograph Soc …
- … 1840. Octob & Jan. Papers on Instinct by Flourens [Flourens 1839] (read) Index of Clarkes …
- … S. Bellamy on Nat. Hist. of S. Devonshire [Bellamy 1839] chiefly on distribution of forms said to be …
- … at end of Catalogue of Royal Soc. [Royal Society of London 1839]— Meckel’s Anatomy. French …
- … ed. 1834] read Vol. (2 d ) on Dogs [C. H. Smith 1839–40] /on Ruminants [Jardine ed. 1835–6] …
- … on the Obligations of man to the inferior animals’ [Youatt 1839] discusses their minds. …
- … by Hooker . [A. P. de Candolle 1839–40] Jussieus …
Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'
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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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- … they show for one another’s sensibilities. Early in 1839 the couple set up house in London and at …
- … and set in type by November 1837, though not published until 1839, when it appeared as the third …
- … of species” ( Letter to J. S. Henslow, [November 1839] ). note book, after note …
- … Marriage Darwin married Emma Wedgwood in January 1839. His hopes and fears about married life …
- … to act’ ( Letter from Emma Darwin, [ c. February 1839] ). These are not matters that she would …
1.2 George Richmond, marriage portrait
Summary
< Back to Introduction Few likenesses of Darwin in his youth survive, although more may once have existed. In a letter of 1873 an old Shrewsbury friend, Arthur Mostyn Owen, offered to send Darwin a watercolour sketch of him, painted many years…
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- … now at Down House, celebrated his marriage in January 1839 to his cousin Emma Wedgwood; the one of …
- … his evolutionary theories. As early as February 1839, Elizabeth Wedgwood had written to her …
- … Richmond did not return from Italy until August or September 1839. Josiah Wedgwood himself wrote to …
- … twelve guineas for a portrait of some kind in December 1839, and a further payment of twelve guineas …
- … where it appears as the frontispiece, she had dated it to 1839; and, puzzlingly, she said there that …
- … Down House MSS, Darwin’s account books, entry for Dec. 1839. Joseph Hooker, letter to Darwin, 17 …
Science: A Man’s World?
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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…
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- … Letter 489 - Darwin to Wedgwood, E., [20 January 1839] Written shortly before their …
Natural Science and Femininity
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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…
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- … Letter 542 - Darwin to Wedgwood, C. S., [27 October 1839] Darwin details his typical …
Darwin’s observations on his children
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Charles Darwin’s observations on the development of his children, began the research that culminated in his book The Expression of the emotions in man and animals, published in 1872, and his article ‘A biographical sketch of an infant’, published in Mind…
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- … races, lunatics, the blind, and animals. And as early as 1839 Darwin had begun to collect …
- … development from the day of his birth, 27 December 1839, until September 1844. Parallels in the …
- … 1 [9] W. Erasmus. Darwin born. Dec. 27 th . 1839.—[10] During first week. yawned, streatched …
- … vol. 2, letter from Emma Wedgwood, [23 January 1839] . [7] Correspondence vol. 2, …
The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … on subjects connected with natural theology (1839), Brougham commented that bees acted with a …
- … suppose when we recollect who is her teacher’ (Brougham 1839, 1: 35, 77). William Kirby wrote of the …
- … no bee in the world ever made cylindrical cells (Brougham 1839, 1: 32). However, Darwin knew that …
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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- … voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle (1839), was written by John Clunies Ross, …
- … in the Beagle , and especially the works published in 1839 by her captain, Robert FitzRoy and his …
- … are marked in roman numerals. Others relate to Darwin’s 1839 or 1845 volumes and Belcher’s …
- … star in the scientific world, and had copies of both the 1839 Narrative and the 1845 second edition …
Syms Covington
Summary
When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘fiddler & boy to Poop-cabin’. Covington kept an illustrated journal of his observations and experiences on the voyage, noting wildlife, landscapes, buildings and people and,…
Religion
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Design|Personal Belief|Beauty|The Church Perhaps the most notorious realm of controversy over evolution in Darwin's day was religion. The same can be said of the evolution controversy today; however the nature of the disputes and the manner in…
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- … Letter 471 — Darwin, Emma to Darwin, C. R., [c. Feb 1839] Emma discusses Darwin’s religious …
4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin
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< Back to Introduction Caricatures of Darwin that depicted him as a semi-ape are numerous and well known, but they marked a specific historical moment. Most date from the period following the publication of Descent of Man in 1871-2, extending through…
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4.21 Gegeef, 'Our National Church', 1
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< Back to Introduction A print with the ironic title Our National Church: The Aegis of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity was issued by the London publisher Edmund Appleyard in c.1872-3, and sold at a penny. The artist who drew it signed himself …
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Journal of researches
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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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George James Stebbing
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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…
Elleparu (York Minster)
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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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- … FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
Bibliography of Darwin’s geological publications
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This list includes papers read by Darwin to the Geological Society of London, his books on the geology of the Beagle voyage, and other publications on geological topics. Author-date citations refer to entries in the Darwin Correspondence Project’s…
Yokcushlu (Fuegia Basket)
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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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- … FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
Orundellico (Jemmy Button)
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Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He was the fourth hostage taken by Robert FitzRoy, captain of HMS Beagle, in 1830 following the theft of the small surveying boat. This fourteen-year old boy was…
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- … FitzRoy.] 3 vols. and appendix. London: Henry Colburn. 1839. …
4.34 'Punch', Sambourne cartoon 1
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< Back to Introduction Linley Sambourne’s cartoon in Punch, a ‘Suggested Illustration’ for Darwin’s forthcoming book on The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (1875) is another playful transformation of the author into an ape or monkey. However,…
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Darwin in letters, 1821-1836: Childhood to the Beagle voyage
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Darwin's first known letters were written when he was twelve. They continue through school-days at Shrewsbury, two years as a medical student at Edinburgh University, the undergraduate years at Cambridge, and the of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.…
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- … until FitzRoy completed his volume of the Narrative in 1839. London scientific society …
