To John Lort Stokes [after 31 May 1837]1
Are there masses of coral or beds of shells some yards above high water mark, on the coast fronting the barrier reef?2
Footnotes
Bibliography
Stoddart, David R. 1976. Darwin, Lyell, and the geological significance of coral reefs. British Journal for the History of Science 9: 199–218.
Stokes, John Lort. 1846. Discoveries in Australia. 2 vols. London: T. & W. Boone.
Summary
Asks JLS: "Are there masses of coral or beds of shells some yards above high water mark, on the coast fronting the barrier reef?" [In reference to JLS’s proposed exploration of Australian coasts and rivers.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-356F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lort Stokes
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Stokes 1846, 1: 331
- Physical description
- inc
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 356F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-356F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)