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Newsletter No. 16: ‘Pilgrimages and plans’

A bumper Christmas edition of Darwin-related goodies.

Published 22-Dec-2022
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: beagle voyage, cambridge, charles darwin, coral islands, earthworms, hms beagle, movement in plants, note-making, pilgrimages, species classification
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Newsletter No. 10: ‘Attending a very little to species’

In which Darwin gets to work on species, and I disappear down a research rabbit-hole. With loads of links to recent Darwin- and evolution-related stories.

Published 30-Jul-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: beagle voyage, charles darwin, charles lyell, darwin's finches, galapagos islands, human evolution, john gould, mockingbirds, tortoises

Newsletter No. 5: ‘Discovery and adventure’

Our fifth newsletter marks the anniversary of Charles Darwin setting sail aboard HMS Beagle.

Published 27-Dec-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alexander von humboldt, beagle voyage, charles lyell, climate change, dippers, dogs, fossils, great apes, hominins, homo erectus, human evolution, neanderthals, the mount, voyage of the beagle (book)
‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister

Book review: ‘Darwin’s Fossils’ by Adrian Lister

Discoveries that shaped evolution.

Published 14-Oct-2019
Filed under: Reviews Genres: About Darwin, History of Science Tags: beagle voyage, fossils, reviews

Book review: ‘Charles Darwin: Vol.1: Voyaging’ by Janet Browne

Part 1 of an entertaining two-part biography of Charles Darwin.

Published 07-Mar-2018
Filed under: Reviews Genres: About Darwin, History of Science Tags: beagle voyage, books, charles darwin, janet browne, reviews
HMS Beagle
HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan

13-Jan-1833: The day HMS Beagle nearly sank

Charles Darwin’s closest brush with death during the Beagle voyage came on Sunday 13th January 1833, near that most infamous of nautical perils, Cape Horn.

Published 13-Jan-2016
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, beagle diary, beagle voyage, charles darwin, hms beagle, Robert FitzRoy, south america
Fossil barnacles
Darwin's (and others') fossil barnacles. Natural History Museum.

The great Darwin fossil hunt

In which a friend beyond measure arranges a behind-the-scenes visit to the Natural History Museum to see fossils collected by Charles Darwin during the Beagle voyage.

Published 17-Jun-2015
Filed under: Articles Tags: barnacles, beagle voyage, brachiopods, falkland islands, fossils, molluscs, natural history museum, stense
Remains of the Cathedral in Concepción
Drawing of the remains of the Cathedral in Concepción by John Clements Wickham (1798–1864); Engraving: S. Bull fl. 1838–1846. Source: Wikipedia

20-Feb-1835: Darwin witnesses an earthquake

On 20th February 1835, while taking a rest in a wood in Valvidia, Southern Chile, Charles Darwin experienced a major earthquake.

Published 20-Feb-2015
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle voyage, charles lyell, chile, darwin correspondence, earthquakes, geology, voyage of the beagle (book)
Napoleon’s grave, St Helena by Syms Covington.

11-Jul-1836: Darwin visits Napoleon

Towards the end of her second voyage, HMS Beagle called at the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. Darwin took the opportunity to visit the grave of St Helena’s most famous former occupant/prisoner, Napoleon Bonaparte.

Published 11-Jul-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle voyage, charles darwin, st helena, syms covington
Patagonian Indians, Gregory Bay by Conrad Martens. Cambridge University Library

12-Feb-1834: Darwin’s 25th birthday, Patagonia

How Charles Darwin spent his 25th birthday.

Published 12-Feb-2013
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle diary, beagle voyage, birthdays, charles darwin, on this day, patagonia
Slinging the Monkey
‘Slinging the Monkey, Port Desire’, by Conrad Martens (1833).

25-Dec-1833: The HMS Beagle Olympics

On Christmas Day 1833, the crew of HMS Beagle held their own ’Olympic Games’ at Port Desire in Patagonia.

Published 27-Jul-2012
Filed under: Articles Tags: beagle voyage, charles darwin, conrad martens, hms beagle, sport
Robert FitzRoy
Robert FitzRoy
(1805–1865)

Robert FitzRoy

Robert FitzRoy’s name will forever be associated with Charles Darwin’s. But he deserves to be remembered for his own many achievements.

Published 05-Jul-2012
Filed under: Articles, Mini Biographies Tags: beagle voyage, Robert FitzRoy

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