My memorial to Stephen Jay Gould.
Writing tagged: ‘beagle voyage’
19-May-1832: The untimely death of ‘Poor little Musters’
On the tragically short life of HMS Beagle’s Volunteer First Class.
Beagle Diary on Radio 4
All next week.
02-Oct-1836: Darwin returns to Blighty
HMS Beagle returns to Britain after nearly five years circumnavigating the globe.
24-Aug-1831: Henslow’s letter
On 24th August 1831, Charles Darwin’s great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow sat down at his desk, took up his pen, and wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the history of science.