From George Peacock to J. S. Henslow [6 or 13 August 1831]
Summary
GP has been asked to recommend a naturalist to sail with Capt. Robert FitzRoy to Tierra del Fuego and the South Sea Islands. If Leonard Jenyns is not available, whom would JSH recommend?
P.S. Urges JHS not to lose this opportunity to have collections made for "our museum".
| Author: | George Peacock |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [6 or 13] Aug 1831 |
| Classmark: | DAR 97: B1–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-104 |
Matches: 7 hits
- … From George Peacock to J. S. Henslow [6 or 13 August 1831] …
- … DAR 97: B1–3 George Peacock London, Suffolk St, 7 6 Aug 1831 13 …
- … Aug 1831 John Stevens Henslow …
- … Saturday after Marmaduke Ramsay’s death, which occurred on 31 July 1831. Letters from J. …
- … S. Henslow, 24 August 1831 and from George Peacock , [ c. …
- … 26 August 1831] indicate that there was further correspondence before Henslow’s letter of …
- … CD (see letter to Susan Darwin, [5 September 1831] ). In a letter of 1 May 1882 to Francis …
To J. S. Henslow [2 September 1831]
Summary
Has just arrived in Cambridge; his father has changed his mind. Asks to see JSH.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [2 Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 3 DAR/1/1/3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-114 |
To J. S. Henslow [5 September 1831]
Summary
Has met FitzRoy, who has now offered him the post of naturalist on board the Beagle. Other details about the voyage arrangements – mess, CD’s status, route, books.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [5 Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 4 DAR/1/1/4) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-118 |
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- … To J. S. Henslow [5 September 1831] …
- … Charles Robert Darwin London, Spring Gardens, 17 [5 Sept 1831] John Stevens Henslow …
- … Francis. 1912. FitzRoy and Darwin, 1831–36. Nature 88: 547–8. Journal of researches : …
- … youngest son of Sir Robert Chester , who in 1831 was a clerk in the Privy Council Office ( …
- … Darwin 1912 , p. 547. ) See letter to Susan Darwin, [5 September 1831] , n. 1. H. F. …
To J. S. Henslow 17 [September 1831]
Summary
Plans to come to Cambridge to discuss Beagle voyage. Only difficulty is disposal of his collections. South Sea Islands now more probable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 17 [Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 6 DAR/1/1/6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-128 |
To J. S. Henslow [4 or 11 October 1831]
Summary
Asks JSH to take charge of his consignments of specimens from the voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [4 or 11] Oct 1831 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 8 DAR/1/1/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-140 |
To J. S. Henslow 28 [September 1831]
Summary
Has collected [Phalli] in Shropshire and compared them with Barmouth species. Is convinced they are different.
Asks JSH for introductions to R. T. Lowe and Andrew Smith.
Has been given another week’s respite by FitzRoy.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 28 [Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 7 DAR/1/1/7) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-138 |
To J. S. Henslow 3 December [1831]
Summary
Confusion on board the Beagle at definite prospect of sailing. Gives directions for sending mail to Montevideo.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 3 Dec [1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 11 DAR/1/1/11) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-152 |
To J. S. Henslow [September 1831 – May 1861]
Summary
Valediction only.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [Sept 1831 – May 1861] |
| Classmark: | North East Wales Archives, Ruthin (DD/PH/115) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3150F |
To J. S. Henslow 30 [October 1831]
Summary
Hopes to be able to help Cambridge Philosophical Society with his collections, but thinks most will have to go to British Museum.
Describes Beagle quarters, the surgeon [Robert McCormick, M.D.], and officers.
Asks JSH’s advice on studying mathematics.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 30 [Oct 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 9 DAR/1/1/9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-144 |
To J. S. Henslow 30 [August 1831]
Summary
Feels he should decline Beagle voyage offer because of his father’s objections, which he lists. Would otherwise have taken all risks.
[Geological] trip with Adam Sedgwick a success.
Grieved at Marmaduke Ramsay’s death.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 30 [Aug 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 2 DAR/1/1/2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-107 |
To J. S. Henslow 9 [September 1831]
Summary
All is settled – nothing can now alter CD’s determination. Details of plan and arrangements. Beaufort believes CD’s collections should be presented to some public body. CD thinks a large central collection best for natural history. Is busy getting advice and information from Yarrell and Capt. P. P. King for the voyage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 9 [Sept 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 5 DAR/1/1/5) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-123 |
To J. S. Henslow [11 July 1831]
Summary
Has been learning to use a clinometer.
Has investigated passage and fares for Canaries trip.
Rereading Humboldt.
Asks JSH to thank Jenyns for present of Diptera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [11 July 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 1 DAR/1/1/1) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-102 |
To J. S. Henslow 15 [November 1831]
Summary
Sailing date fixed for end of month. Beagle is beautiful. Details of instructions and route. Hopes voyage will not exceed four years. Quarters very confined. Considers Jenyns did wisely in not coming. If CD were longer out of college and some years older he never could have endured it.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 15 [Nov 1831] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 10 DAR/1/1/10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-147 |
To J. S. Henslow 18 May – 16 June 1832
Summary
His first letter to JSH since December. Recounts his seasickness, geologising and marine collecting at St Jago [Santiago, Cape Verde Is.]; his first tropical forest. Collecting small insects from the tropics. His Welsh trip with Sedgwick has been extremely valuable.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 18 May & 16 June 1832 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 12 DAR/1/1/12) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-171 |
To J. S. Henslow 2 July [1848]
Summary
Criticises lecturing system in education and emphasis on classics. Has forgotten all his classical knowledge.
Asks JSH’s help in naming cirripedes, on which he is working. Believes he has made "some very curious points".
Expects a sixth child [Francis] in August.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 2 July [1848] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A18–A20 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1189 |
To J. S. Henslow 24 July – 7 November 1834
Summary
CD is excited by JSH’s high opinion of his collections.
Discusses his notes and some new discoveries. Summary of events since leaving Falklands.
Geology of Patagonia.
Corallines at Tierra del Fuego convince him of artificiality of arrangement of their families by Lamarck and Cuvier.
Geological expedition in Andes, ending with serious illness. Specimens being sent.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 24 July & 28 Oct & 7 Nov 1834 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 22 DAR/1/1/22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-251 |
To J. S. Henslow [20 June 1837]
Summary
Upon the advice of Captain Beaufort and with embarrassment to himself CD asks JSH whether he would be perfectly willing personally to take the letter requesting government assistance directly to Thomas Spring Rice [Chancellor of the Exchequer].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [20 June 1837] |
| Classmark: | The National Archives (TNA) (T1/4524 paper 25824) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-361A |
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- … vol. 1, letter from George Peacock to J. S. Henslow, [6 or 13 August 1831] ). …
To John Stevens Henslow 25 January [1858]
Summary
Mrs Henslow’s death stirs reminiscences of happier days.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 25 Jan [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: A50–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2207 |
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- … 1857] . CD recorded in his ‘Journal’ for 1831, his final year as an undergraduate in …
To J. S. Henslow [c. 26 October –] 24 November [1832]
Summary
A French collector [Alcide d’Orbigny] has been at the Rio Negro and will probably have "taken the cream". CD’s luck with fossil bones, among them a large extinct armadillo-like animal. Describes some birds, toads, Crustacea, and other marine specimens. Nearly all plants flowering at Bahia Blanca were collected. Is sending two large casks of fossil bones by packet.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | [c. 26 Oct –] 24 Nov [1832] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 14 DAR/1/1/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-192 |
To J. S. Henslow 9 July 1836
Summary
Asks JSH to propose him for Geological Society. His meeting with Sir John Herschel and Andrew Smith at Cape of Good Hope.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 9 July 1836 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 30 DAR/1/1/30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-304 |
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- … See letter from Adam Sedgwick, 18 September 1831 . Sir Thomas Maclear . See Andrew Smith …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Lumb, Edward | (1) |
| Peacock, George | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (26) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (24) |
| Lumb, Edward | (1) |
| Peacock, George | (1) |
Books on the Beagle
Summary
The Beagle was a sort of floating library. Find out what Darwin and his shipmates read here.
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- … (2: 18). CD, in his letter to Henslow, 9 [September 1831] , discussing the preparations for the …
- … for Books.’ (Letter from Robert FitzRoy, 23 September 1831 ). On board, FitzRoy states, ‘Our …
- … Beering’s Strait . . . 1825, 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin …
- … la Beche, Henry Thomas. A geological manual. London, 1831. (DAR 32.1: 53). Desaulses de …
- … of geometry. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). ‡ Falkner, Thomas. A description …
- … naturelle faites dans l’Amérique du Sud . . . 1830 et 1831. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 28 …
- … géologie et de climatologie asiatiques. 2 vols. Paris, 1831. (DAR 35.2: 401; Stoddart 1962, p. 22a …
- … from J. S. Henslow to CD ‘on his departure’, September 1831). Darwin Library–CUL ††. * …
- … London, n.d. [1802]. (Letter to Robert FitzRoy, [10 October 1831]). DAR 196.2 †. * Juan, …
- … vols. 5th ed. York, 1824. (Inscription: ‘Rob t . FitzRoy 1831’). Darwin Library–CUL †. § …
- … Spanish and English languages. 2 vols. 5th ed. London, 1831. Darwin Library–CUL, vol. 1 only.). …
- … ed. Cambridge, 1825. (Letter to J. S. Henslow, 30 October 1831). The volumes listed below, …
- … Viage) Spanish edition’ in Syms Covington, MS ‘Journal 1831–6’, p. 30; Mitchell Library, Sydney, N. …
- … Taxidermy.(Letter to Susan Darwin, [6 September 1831] ‘A little book, if I have got it in bedroom, …
The Voyage of the Beagle
Summary
It was a letter from his friend and former teacher, John Stevens Henslow, that brought the 22-year-old Charles Darwin news of the offer of a place on board the Admiralty surveying vessel HMS Beagle on a voyage to chart the coast of South America. During…
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Diagrams and drawings in letters
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Over 850 illustrations from the printed volumes of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin have been added to the online transcripts of the letters. The contents include maps, diagrams, drawings, sketches and photographs, covering geological, botanical,…
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- … work in N. Wales since he and CD parted, 4 September 1831 Thomas Sutcliffe's map of …
Home learning: 7-11 years
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Do try this at home! Support your children’s learning by downloading our free and fun activities for those aged between 7-11 and 11-14 years, using Darwin’s letters.
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- … History’ ( Letter from J. S. Henslow, 24 August 1831 ) Encourage …
Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters
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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…
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- … The letters cover a long time span from one of 31 August 1831 to his father seeking permission …
Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants
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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863 greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…
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- … vol. 1, letter to Caroline Darwin, [28 April 1831] ), and when, on the Beagle , he heard …
Darwin & coral reefs
Summary
The central idea of Darwin's theory of coral reef formation, as it was later formulated, was that the islands were formed by the upward growth of coral as the Pacific Ocean floor gradually subsided. It overturned previous ideas and would in itself…
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- … sure they will visit the South Sea Islands: [9 September 1831] . The first evidence of …
Natural Science and Femininity
Summary
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 109 - Wedgwood, J. to Darwin, R. W., [31 August 1831] Darwin’s uncle writes to …
Darwin in letters, 1879: Tracing roots
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Darwin spent a considerable part of 1879 in the eighteenth century. His journey back in time started when he decided to publish a biographical account of his grandfather Erasmus Darwin to accompany a translation of an essay on Erasmus’s evolutionary ideas…
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- … letter from Francis Beaufort to Robert FitzRoy, 1 September [1831] ). By the time Darwin came to …
Darwin’s introduction to geology
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Darwin collected minerals as a child and was introduced to the science of geology at the University of Edinburgh, but he only became actively interested in the subject as he was completing his degree at Cambridge.
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 98 —Darwin to Caroline Darwin [28 Apr 1831] Writing to his sister Caroline, Darwin …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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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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- … Library of useful knowledge Horse, cow, sheep [Youatt 1831, 1834, 1837]. Verey Philosophie d …
- … papers. read Audubons Ornithol: Biography [Audubon 1831–9]— 4 Vols. well worth reading …
- … 1828a]. quoted by D r Ryan on marriage [Ryan 1831] (read) Babbington on Flora of Channel …
- … &c. Also Encyclop. of Agriculture by Loudon [Loudon 1831]. Book I. ch. 7 & Book II. Ch. 8. …
- … of Authors in Loudon’s Encyclop. of Agriculture [Loudon 1831] Dieffenbach Travels into the …
- … end Herschel’s Introd to Nat. Philosophy [Herschel 1831] d[itt]o 2 d time of Reading 62 …
- … 1838] 14 Boswell’s life of Johnsons [Boswell 1831] 4 vols 25 Phillips Geology [J. …
- … ] to end of 1838. —— Youatt on the Horse [Youatt 1831] Library of Useful K. 1840 …
- … 1780] Johnson. Tour to Hebrides by Boswell [Boswell 1831] Philip Van Artevelde [H. …
- … H. Smith 1841] Dec. Encyclop. of Agriculture [Loudon 1831] (skimmed & abst) Jan 9 …
- … skimmed.— 8 th Cox’s Columbia River [Cox 1831] —— Anderson on Sheep [Pallas 1794]: …
- … Sept 3 d Brewster’s Life of Sir. I. Newton [Brewster 1831] —— 20 Franklins Narrative 1 st …
- … July 11. Pistor Das Ganze Taubenzucht [Pistor 1831]. —— 15 Die Enten & Gansezucht. Ulm. …
- … 1856] 30. Brehm Handbuch Vogel Deutschlands [Brehm 1831]. Sept 5 th Prosper Lucas l …
- … Dec. 29 th Audubons Ornithological Biography [Audubon 1831–9]— [DAR 128: 23] …
- … P. Mathhew on Naval Timber & Arboriculture [Matthew 1831] Bull. Bot. Soc. de France [ …
- … Feb. 23 Sir D. Brewsters life of Newton [Brewster 1831] March. 8 Houdins the conjurer Life …
- … London. 128: 3 Audubon, John James Laforest. 1831–9. Ornithological biography; or …
- … 2 vols. London. 119: 7a Boswell, James. 1831. The life of Samuel Johnson … …
- … Library.] *128: 177 Brehm, Christian Ludwig. 1831. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte …
- … the Swedish. London. 119: 13b Brewster, David. 1831. The life of Sir Isaac Newton . …
- … Cowper . 2 vols. London. 119: 15b Cox, Ross. 1831. Adventures on the Columbia River, …
- … and appendix: Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831–6, under the command of Captain …
- … 4v.; 119: 4a Herschel, John Frederick William. 1831. A preliminary discourse on the …
- … landscape gardening . London. 119: 12a ——. 1831. An encyclopædia of agriculture: …
- … Paris. 1816–45. *119: 13v. Matthew, Patrick. 1831. On naval timber and …
- … von Capitain W. Wendt, in den Jahren 1830, 1831 und 1832. 3 vols. (Vol. 1, bk 2: …
- … . 2 vols. Paris. *119: 1 Pistor, C. M. Wilhelm. 1831. Das Ganze der Feld- und …
- … . London. *128: 173; 128: 12 Ryan, Michael. 1831. Lectures on population, marriage and …
- … *119: 13v.; *128: 157; 128: 22 Youatt, William. 1831. The horse; with a treatise on …
- … Society of London . London. 1812–30. New series, 1831–48. [Abstract in DAR 74: 55–102.] *119: 4v. …
Scientific Networks
Summary
Friendship|Mentors|Class|Gender In its broadest sense, a scientific network is a set of connections between people, places, and things that channel the communication of knowledge, and that substantially determine both its intellectual form and content,…
Charles Darwin: the Beagle letters
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This volume contains the complete texts of all the letters that the young naturalist Charles Darwin wrote and received while sailing round the world on the surveying ship the Beaglebetween 1831 and 1836. They start with letters written as a new and…
Robert FitzRoy
Summary
Robert FitzRoy was captain of HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. From 1831 to 1836 the two men lived in the closest proximity, their relationship revealed by the letters they exchanged while Darwin left the ship to explore the countries visited during the…
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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…
Introduction to the Satire of FitzRoy's Narrative of the Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
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'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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- … century, the circumnavigation of HMS Beagle in 1831 to 1836. Our other substantial accounts of …
- … little but Ross’ account of the situation from 1827 to 1831, it seems clear that the two men had …
- … reference to Hare’s ‘Seraglio.’ Leaving the field in 1831, Hare died in Bencoolen in Sumatra at the …
- … and Beagle , titled Proceedings of the Second Expedition 1831-1836 . It was accompanied by an …
John Stevens Henslow
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The letters Darwin exchanged with John Stevens Henslow, professor of Botany and Mineralogy at Cambridge University, were among the most significant of his life. It was a letter from Henslow that brought Darwin the invitation to sail round the world as…
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- … from England upon a voyage around the World. 21st Sept. 1831'. For goodness sake …
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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- … When Charles Darwin embarked on the Beagle voyage in 1831, Syms Covington was ‘ fiddler & …
Beagle voyage begins
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HMS Beagle sails
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- … HMS Beagle sets sail from Plymouth with Darwin on board. What was supposed to be a two-year …
