To Syms Covington 21 October 1853
Summary
Comments on SC’s trip to the gold diggings. CD is most interested in Australia and reads every book about it that he can find. Sends news of former Beagle shipmates FitzRoy, Sulivan, Mellersh, and of Fuegia [Basket].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Syms Covington |
| Date: | 21 Oct 1853 |
| Classmark: | Sydney Mail, 9 August 1884, p. 254 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1538 |
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- … 10). Septimus Martin , the son of Joseph William Martin , rector of Keston, near Bromley, Kent. CD read the three volumes of Godfrey Charles Mundy’s Our antipodes (1852) between 17 May and 2 July 1853. CD’s comment was ‘Very good. ’ ( Correspondence vol.4, Appendix IV, 128: 5). Mary Henrietta FitzRoy died in 1852 ( Mellersh 1968 , p. 270). During his governorship of New Zealand, Robert …
From J. D. Hooker 2 May 1865
Summary
On FitzRoy’s suicide.
The Lyell–Ramsay disagreement [on formation of lakes?].
| Author: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 May 1865 |
| Classmark: | DAR 102: 20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4826 |
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- … Robert FitzRoy and the early history of the Meteorological Office. British Journal for the History of Science 19: 147–76. Correspondence : The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. DAB : Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols. , index, and 10 …
From Bartholomew James Sulivan 13 January – 12 February 1845
Summary
Describes stratification of cliffs on south shore of Rio Gallegos; fossils found at base of cliffs. Speculates about geological past of the area. Discusses climate of southern Patagonia; navigation problems at the mouth of Rio Gallegos.
Gives results of soundings taken between Falkland Islands and South American mainland. Describes geology of Falklands, especially the dikes found on many islands. Comments on climate of Falklands. Discusses horses and cattle, health of his children in the Falklands. Mentions volutes found in the Falklands.
Passes on report of FitzRoy’s policies as governor of New Zealand.
| Author: | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 13 Jan – 12 Feb 1845 |
| Classmark: | DAR 46.1: 75–86 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-730 |
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- … 10 May 1843] . Presumably mentioned in one of CD’s letters to Sulivan. James Young Falkland Sulivan , Sulivan’s oldest son, whose name reflected the family’s belief that he was the first British subject born on the Falkland Islands ( DNB ). Sulivan’s watercolour sketch of the Rio Gallegos cliffs is preserved in DAR 46.1: 75. Journal of researches , pp. 611–12. Haematopus leucopodus , the Falkland Islands oyster- catcher or red-bill. Robert FitzRoy …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition
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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…
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- … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …
