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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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  • from the unpublished zoological and geological notes in the Darwin Archive (DAR 2938), a brief
  • example, at least one of the references to Lamouroux (DAR 30.1: 48 v.) contains material that is not
  • is of four kinds: There are volumes now in the Darwin Library in Cambridge that contain
  • notes made by CD during the voyage. They are in the Darwin Archive in the Cambridge University
  • and symbols are used: DAR  —  Darwin Archive CUL  —  Cambridge University
  • … , conveys the following information: CDs copy, now in Darwin LibaryCUL, was used on board. The
  • 1 of volume 32 of CDs geological diary (DAR 32.1) in the Darwin Archive. The copy in the Darwin
  • … . 2 vols. Strasbourg, 1819. (Inscription in vol. 1: ‘C. Darwin HMS Beagle’; DAR 32.1: 61). Darwin
  • 26, 27, 28 . London, 1831. (DAR 31.1: 276v.; 33: 253v.). Darwin LibraryCUL, 1832 Philadelphia
  • …  2e PartieZoologie . Paris, 181630. (DAR 30.1: 6, 12v.). Darwin LibraryCUL. § …
  • GeorgesLe règne animal.  4 vols. Paris, 1817. (DAR 30.1: 29v.). Darwin LibraryCUL, 2d edition, …
  • essays and observations.  London, 1823. (DAR 30.1: 41). ‡ Daubeny, Charles Giles BridleA
  • 1831. (DAR 32.1: 53). Desaulses de Freycinet, L. Csee  Freycinet, L. C. Desaulses de
  • la corvette . . .La Coquille 18225. Zoologie  par MM. [R. P.] Lesson et [P.] Garnot. 2 vols., …
  • to Terra Australis. 2 vols., atlas.  London, 1814. (DAR 30.1: 30v.). Forster, John Reinhold. …
  • and the interjacent ports.  2 pts. London, 180911. (DAR 30.1: 2v.). ‡ Humboldt, Alexander
  • Beagle , later published as vol. 1 of  Narrative . (DAR 30.1: 66; 30.2: 153). King, Philip
  • to entomology.  4 vols. London, 181526. (DAR 30.2: 119; 30.1: 54v.). Darwin LibraryCUL, vol. 1, …
  • …  20 (1830): 185291; 21 (1830): 149194. (DAR 30.1: 59). ‘Philosophical tracts’, Darwin LibraryCUL
  • animaux sans vertèbres.  7 vols. Paris, 181522. (DAR 30.1: 45v.). Darwin LibraryCUL †. ‡ …
  • des genres de lordre des polypiers.  Paris, 1821. (DAR 30.1: 13v.; letter to J. S. Henslow, 24
  • … (Inscriptions: vol. 1 (1830), ‘Given me by Capt. F.R C. Darwin’; vol.2 (1832), ‘Charles Darwin M: …
  • concerning a future state . . . by a country pastor [R. W.].  London, 1829. (Letter from Caroline

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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  • obtain such a one I was (in a manner) compelled to take Mr Darwin on a far too independent footing. …
  • fond of Natural History”… Not all pictures of Darwin during the Beagle voyage are
  • in 1836 to the Cocos Keeling islands, the only coral atoll Darwin observed first-hand.  The satire, …
  • didnt meet them personally, Ross took bitter exception to Darwin and FitzRoys later accounts of
  • Anderson John Clunies Rosssatire, written c.1848, is a fascinating document. It is
  • captain, Robert FitzRoy and his naturalist companion Charles Darwin. Rossunique perspective on the
  • foreman on the one hand and the texts written by FitzRoy and Darwin on the other. We can certainly
  • but by no means least, the coral reef theories of Charles Darwin. (For that particular concern see
  • interest. Rosspicture of both FitzRoy and Darwin on this voyage is unlike any others we
  • influenced Rossown enterprises. His attitude to Darwin was somewhat less resentful, but still
  • at home. Finally, according to Ross, neither man wrote well: Darwin was trite and conventional , …
  • in FitzRoys voice, but some footnotes are signedJ.C.R.” and there are editorial interventions in
  • and are marked in roman numerals. Others relate to Darwins 1839 or 1845 volumes and Belchers
  • He went to sea first in a Greenland whaler aged thirteen, c.1800. In 1812, aged 25, while on a
  • until the late twentieth century. Alexander Hare (c.1770-1834) was a British merchant who
  • as John Murrays publication of the new edition of Darwins Beagle journal was achieving success
  • to depression and died by suicide in 1865. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) A young naturalist, …
  • prone to rash speculations. Ross was conscious that Darwin was a rising star in the scientific world
  • Voyage of HMS Beagle Around the World . At Cocos Keeling, Darwin was keenly interested in the
  • criticism of his account of Cocos Keeling seems fair: Darwin did write in a highly conventional
  • polypii.” Ross promised a further discussion of Darwins coral theories, which seems to refer to a
  • to his death. Capt. Alexander Albert Sandilands, R.N. (c.1786-1832) of HMS Comet
  • Gleanings in Science . Capt Francis Harding, R.N. (1799 - 1875) In HMS Pelorus , …
  • to Bencoolen in his ship Harriet . Joseph C. Raymond, a seaman from a British ship