To John Murray 3 February [1860]
Summary
Has not yet obtained information for the most important correction for Journal of researches.
Has told P. T. A. Talandier that JM will declare that CD has full authority to give him right and profit of translation of Origin. Unless he hears by return, CD assumes JM does not object.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Murray |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1860] |
| Classmark: | National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive) (Ms.42152 ff.86–87) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2681 |
To J. S. Henslow 3 February [1860]
Summary
Thanks for L. Jenyns’ very sensible letter [missing].
Will be delighted to see JSH whenever he can come.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 3 Feb [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A62 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2682 |
From Philip Lutley Sclater [3? February 1860]
Summary
Lists land birds of Galapagos and discusses their distribution on mainland of S. America.
| Author: | Philip Lutley Sclater |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [3? Feb 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 205.3: 289 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2683 |
| letter | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Sclater, P. L. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Murray, John (b) | (1) |
| Sclater, P. L. | (1) |
Exercise: Caricatures of Science
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Caricatures provide intriguing insights into both ideals and transgressions of gender. The following six images show caricatured representations of nineteenth-century men and women of science. They provide insight into the boundaries of what was deemed …
Dramatisation script
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Re: Design – Adaptation of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, Asa Gray and others… by Craig Baxter – as performed 25 March 2007
4.14 'Fun' cartoon, 'That troubles'
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< Back to Introduction Of all the cartoons showing Darwin as an ape, ‘That troubles our monkey again’ by John Gordon Thomson is the only one that hints, albeit playfully, at improper behaviour. Descent of Man had been criticised for its apparent…
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- … and bibliography Fun magazine (16 November 1872), p. 203. Charles Darwin, The Expression of …
Falkland Islands
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'Man in his primitive wildness'
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- … Describes his geological and zoological observations of Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands, …
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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- … Orundellico was one of the Yahgan, or canoe people of the southern part of Tierra del Fuego. He …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
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Here is a list of people that appeared in the photograph album Darwin received for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from scientific admirers in the Netherlands. Many thanks to Hester Loeff for identifying and researching them. No. …
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- … 203 Vosmaer G.C.J. (Gualtherus …
People featured in the Dutch photograph album
Summary
List of people appearing in the photograph album Darwin received from scientific admirers in the Netherlands for his birthday on 12 February 1877. We are grateful to Hester Loeff for providing this list and for permission to make her research available.…
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- … 203 Vosmaer G.C.J. (Gualtherus …
