Website Sources & Credits

Acknowledgments:

Numerous institutions have taken the time to assist me in my Darwin research. Without their help this website would not exist. They include:

— Royal Society, London, England.

— Linnean Society, London, England.

— John Murray Publishers, London, England.

— The Darwin Correspondence Project, Cambridge University Library, England.

— Dept. of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Library, England.

— Down House Archives, Downe, Kent, England.

Website Bibliography (primary sources):

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin.
Barlow, Nora. (editor) (Charles Darwin’s grand-daughter).
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1993. (a reprint of the 1958 edition by Collins Publishers)

“An Influential Set of Chaps: The X-Club and Royal Society Politics 1864-85.”
Barton, Ruth.
British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 23 (1990), pages 53 – 81.

Charles Darwin’s Notebooks, 1836-1844. Geology, Transmutation of Species, Metaphysical Enquiries.
Barrett, Paul and Smith, Sydney et al.
New York: Cornell University Press, 1987.

Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 1 (1821-1836).
Burkhardt, Frederick and Smith, Sydney.
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1985.

Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 2 (1837-1843).
Burkhardt, Frederick and Smith, Sydney.
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 3 (1844-1846).
Burkhardt, Frederick and Smith, Sydney.
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 4 (1847-1850).
Burkhardt, Frederick and Smith, Sydney.
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

“Confessing a Murder: Darwin’s First Revelations about Transmutation.”
Colp Jr., Ralph.
Isis, (1986) pages 9 -32.

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, Volume 3.
Darwin, Charles.
New York: AMS Press, 1966. (a reprint of the 1839 edition, by Henry Colburn Publishers, London)

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin and Selected Letters.
Darwin, Francis. (editor) (Charles Darwin’s son)
New York: Dover Publications, 1958. (a reprint of the 1892 edition by D. Appleton Publishers, New York)

Darwin, The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist.
Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1991.

“The Final Mission of the H.M.S. Beagle: clarifying the historical record.”
Dubowsky, Nathan and Dubowsky, Scott.
British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 27 (1994), pages 105 – 111.

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, Volume 2.
FitzRoy, Capt. Robert.
New York: AMS Press, 1966. (a reprint of the 1839 edition, by Henry Colburn Publishers, London)

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, (appendix to Volume 2).
FitzRoy, Capt. Robert.
New York: AMS Press, 1966. (a reprint of the 1839 edition, by Henry Colburn Publishers, London)

“Darwin as a Geologist.”
Herbert, Sandra.
Scientific American, May (1986), pages 116 – 123.

The Rural Life of England.
Howitt, William.
Shannon, Ireland: Irish University Press, 1971 (Reprint of the 1844 edition).

Charles Darwin’s Beagle Diary.
Keynes, Richard Darwin. (Charles Darwin’s great-grandson)
Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Erasmus Darwin.
King-Hele, Desmond.
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1963.

“Historic Houses: Charles Darwin’s Home in Kent.”
Lambert, Elizabeth.
Architectural Digest, February Vol. 40 (1983) pages 134 – 142.

The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy, Built, Purchased and Captured 1688-1860.
Lyon, David.
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1993.

H.M.S. Beagle, Survey Ship Extraordinary.
Marquardt, Karl Heinz.
London: Conway Maritime Press, 1997.

Daily Life in Victorian England.
Mitchell, Sally.
Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Manners, Morals, and Class in England, 1774-1858.
Morgan, Marjorie.
New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1994.

The Admiralty Chart: British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century.
Ritchie, Rear Admiral G.S., C.B., D.S.C. (Hydrographer of the Navy 1966-1971).
Edinburgh, Cambridge, Durham, USA: The Pentland Press, 1995 (reprint of the 1967 edition).

Popular Culture and Custom in nineteenth-century England.
Storch, Robert D. (editor).
New York : St. Martin’s Press, 1982.

HMS Beagle, The Story of Darwin’s Ship.
Thomson, Keith Stewart.
New York, London: W.W. Norton, 1995.

“FitzRoy and Darwin: The Odd Couple.”
Thomson, Keith.
American Scientist, Vol. 83 May-June (1995), pages 224 – 227.

“H.M.S. Beagle, 1820-1870.”
Thomson, Keith.
American Scientist, (1975), pages 664 – 672.

From Sails to Satellites: The Origin and Development of Navigational Science.
Williams, J.E.D..
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.