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To F. W. Hope 1 November 1833
Summary
Tierra del Fuego and the barren coasts of Patagonia are "singularly unfavourable to the insect world". In the tropics, however, CD captured minute Coleoptera by the hundreds – which should result in his bringing home many undescribed species.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Frederick William Hope |
| Date: | 1 Nov 1833 |
| Classmark: | Oxford University Museum (Hope Entomological collections) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-227 |
To J. S. Henslow 12 November 1833
Summary
Is sending a cargo of specimens – birds’ skins, small quadrupeds, and fossil bones.
Describes his overland trip from Rio Negro to Buenos Aires and his expedition to Santa Fé.
Asks for mineralogical works to help him with the volcanic rocks of the west coast.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 12 Nov 1833 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 20 DAR/1/1/20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-229 |
To Caroline Darwin 13 November 1833
Summary
His troubles during the revolution have ended well.
Now plans to investigate geological formations at Rio Negro. Is concerned about the expense but cannot bear to miss seeing "one of the most curious pieces of Geology".
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Darwin; Caroline Sarah (Caroline) Wedgwood |
| Date: | 13 Nov 1833 |
| Classmark: | DAR 223 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-230 |
Addressee
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Hope, F. W. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Caroline | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
| Hope, F. W. | (1) |
| Wedgwood, Caroline | (1) |
