To H. S. Fox 15 August 1835
Summary
Sends some geological specimens. Describes his recent trips and findings on the geology of the Andes. Asks if HSF has seen large beds of shells on elevated land – possibly at Rio Grande or S. Brazil.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Henry Stephen Fox |
Date: | 15 Aug 1835 |
Classmark: | Bodleian Libraries, Oxford (MS. Eng. lett. c. 235, fol. 28) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-284 |
From Henry Stephen Fox 31 October 1833
Summary
Urges CD to visit Flores Island near Montevideo if he has not already done so. Describes formation of greenstone and the granite formations on small islands in the Uruguay channel.
Sends specimens from Pôrto Alegre [Brazil] for identification by CD.
Author: | Henry Stephen Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Oct 1833 |
Classmark: | DAR 39.1: 1–4 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-226 |
From H. S. Fox 25 July 1834
Summary
Thanks CD for letter of 5 April and specimens; did not know the Falklands and Patagonia were so interesting geologically.
Will answer CD’s queries about S. Brazil in another letter. Names Friedrich Sellow, A. Saint-Hilaire, and Andrew Mathews as naturalists who travelled there. Directs CD to Alexander Caldcleugh in Santiago.
Author: | Henry Stephen Fox |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 July 1834 |
Classmark: | DAR 204: 123 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-252 |
letter | (3) |
Fox, H. S. | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Fox, H. S. | (1) |