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 [23 July –] 15 August [1832]
Summary
Specimens being sent off. Describes his collection of rocks, plants, and insects. Some particularly interesting specimens.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
Date: | [23 July –] 15 Aug [1832] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Henslow letters: 13 DAR/1/1/13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-178 |
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 |