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From G. J. MacCarthy to G. H. K. Thwaites   13 May [1862]

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Sends a transcription of Plato’s Timaeus, sect. 44, but does not think this cosmogony foreshadows Darwinian theory.

Author:  Charles Justin MacCarthy
Addressee:  George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Date:  13 May [1862]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5090
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Syms Covington

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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,…

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