**The Beagle library categorized**

The complete Beagle library catalogue is listed according to basic categories on this page.

Travel/voyages
Natural History
Geology
History
Literature
Atlases and maps
Manuscript items on the Beagle
Reference

and: Beagle voyage materials on Darwin Online

Items marked [?] were possibly in the library but the evidence is not conclusive. Where the edition available here differs from that listed by the Darwin Correspondence, this is indicated in brackets.

Travel/voyages

Abel, Clarke. 1818. Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country in the years 1816 and 1817, containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the Court of Pekin, and observations on the countries which it visited. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. [?] Text

Anson, George. 1748. A voyage round the world, in the years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4 by George Anson, Esq; commander in chief of a squadron of His Majesty's ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-Seas: compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction by Richard Walter. 4th ed. London: John and Paul Knapton. Text

Azara, Félix d'. 1809. Voyages dans l'Amérique Méridionale depuis 1781 jusqu'en 1801. Contenant la description géographique, politique et civile du Paraguay et de la rivière de La Plata; l'histoire de la découverte et de la conquête de ces contrées; des détails nombreux sur leur histoire naturelle, et sur les peuples sauvages qui les habitent; le récit des moyens employés par les Jésuites pour assujétir et civiliser les indigènes, etc. Publiés d'après les manuscrits de l'auteur, avec une notice sur sa vie et ses écrits, par C. A. Walckenaer; enrichis de notes par G. Cuvier, suivis de l'histoire naturelle des Oiseaux du Paraguay et de La Plata par le même auteur, traduite, d'après l'original espagnol, et augmentée d'un grand nombre de notes par M. Sonnini. 4 vols. Paris: Dentu. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text

Beechey, Frederick William. 1832. Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28. Philadelphia: Carey and Rea. Text [CCD: London, 1831]

Bougainville, Louis Antoine de. 1772. A voyage round the world performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Translated by John Reinhold Forster. London: J. Nourse and T. Davies. Text

Brongniart, Alexandre. 1833. Rapport fait à l'Académie Royale des Sciences, sur les travaux de M. Gay. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 28: 394-402. Text

Buch, Leopold von. 1813. Travels through Norway and Lapland during the years 1806, 1807 and 1808. Translated by John Black. With notes by R. Jameson. London: Henry Colburn. Text

Bulkeley, John and Cummins, John. 1743. A voyage to the South-Seas, in the years 1740-1, containing a faithful narrative of the loss of his Majesty's ship the Wager. London: Jacob Robinson. Text

Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Burney, James. 1803-17. Chronological history of the voyages and discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. 5 vols. London: printed by Luke Hansard, and sold by G. and W. Nicol, L, G. and J. Robinson, J. Robson, T. Payne, Mew's-Gate, and Cadell and Davies. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text vol. 5 Text

Byron, George Anson. 1826. Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, in the years 1824-1825. London: John Murray. Text

Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1825. Travels in South America, during the years 1819 - 20 - 21: containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Colnett, James. 1798. A voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of extending the spermaceti whale fisheries, and other objects of commerce, by ascertaining the ports, bays, harbours, and anchoring births, in certain islands and coasts in those seas at which the ships of the British merchants might be refitted. London: The Author. Text

Cook, James and King, James. 1784. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. 3 vols. London: Strachan. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Dampier, William. 1697. A new voyage round the world. London: James Knapton. Text

Dillon, Peter. 1829. Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas: performed by order of the government of British India, to ascertain the actual fate of La Peyrouse's expedition. 2 vols. London: Hurst, Chance. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Earle, Augustus. 1832. A narrative of a nine months' residence in New Zealand in 1827, together with a journal of a residence in Tristan d'Acunha. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. Text

Ellis, William. 1829. Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years on the South Sea Islands, including descriptions of the natural history and scenery of the islands—with remarks on the history, mythology, traditions, government, arts, manners, and customs of the inhabitants. 2 vols. London: Fisher, Son & Jackson. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Falkner, Thomas. 1774. A description of Patagonia, and the adjoining parts of South America. Hereford: C. Pugh. Text

Febres, Andrés. 1765. Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile, con un dialogo chileno-hispano muy curioso. Lima: Calle de la Encarnación. Text

Flinders, Matthew. 1814. A voyage to Terra Australis undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1805 in His Majesty's ship the Investigator. 2 vols. London: G. and W. Nicol. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Forster, Johann Reinhold. 1778. Observations made during a voyage round the world on physical geography, natural history, and ethnic philosophy. London: G. Robinson. Text

Fox, Robert Were. 1830. On the electro-magnetic properties of metalliferous veins in the mines of Cornwall. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120: 399-414. [?] Text

Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de. 1822-44. Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 9 vols. and 4 vols. plates. Paris: Pillet Ainé. vol. 1 part 1 (Historique) PDF vol. 1 part 2 (Historique) PDF vol. 2 part 1 (Historique) PDF vol. 2 part 2 (Historique) PDF vol. 2 part 3 (Historique) PDF Atlas (Historique) part 1 PDF Atlas (Historique) part 2 PDF Zoologie part 1 PDF Zoologie part 2 PDF Atlas (Zoologie) PDF Botanique PDF Atlas (Botanique) PDF Observations du Pendule PDF Magnetisme Terrestre PDF Meteorologie PDF Navigation et Hydrographie part 1 PDF Navigation et Hydrographie part 2 PDF Atlas (Navigation et Hydrographie) PDF

Frézier, Amédée François. 1717. A voyage to the South-Sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru in the years 1712, 1713, and 1714. London: Jonah Bowyer. Text

Graba, Carl Julian. 1830. Tagebuch geführt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828. Hamburg: Perthes & Besser. CUL-DAR.LIB.234 pdf

Hall, Basil. 1824. Extracts from a journal, written on the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Constable. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. 3 vols. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Head, Francis Bond. 1826. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across the Pampas and among the Andes. London: John Murray. Text

Helms, Anton Zacharias,. 1807. Travels from Buenos Ayres, by Potosi, to Lima. London: Printed for R. Phillips. [?] Text

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1819-1829. Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799-1804. By Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland; with maps, plans, &c. written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and trans. Into English by Helen Maria Williams. 7 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1-2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text vol. 5(1) Text vol. 5(2) Text vol. 6(1) Text vol. 6(2) Text vol. 7 Text
Introduction by Gordon Chancellor

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1828. Tableaux de la nature, ou considérations sur les déserts, sur la physionomie des végétaux, sur les cataractes de l'orénoque, sur la structure et l'action des volcans dans les différentes régions de la terre, etc. [Translation by J. B. B. Eyriès of Ansichten der Natur], 2d ed., 2 vols. Paris: Gide fils. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

King, Phillip Parker. 1827. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822. 2 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

King, Phillip Parker. Manuscript journal of voyages of Adventure and Beagle, later published as Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-30. (1839) Text PDF

King, Phillip Parker. 1832. Some observations upon the geography of the southern extremity of South America, Tierra del Fuego, and the Strait of Magalhaens; made during the late survey of those coasts in his Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1830. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London 1: 155-175. Text

Kotzebue, Otto von. 1821. A voyage of discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the purpose of exploring a north-east passage, undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of his highness the chancellor of the empire, Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian imperial navy. Translated by H. E. Lloyd. 3 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup de. 1798-9. A voyage round the world performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 3 vols., atlas. London: T. Johnson. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 (Atlas) Text

Luccock, John. 1820. Notes on Rio de Janeiro, and the southern parts of Brazil: taken during a residence of ten years in that country, from 1808 to 1818. London: S. Leigh. [?] Text

Mariner, William. 1817. An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. 2 vols. London: printed for the author. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Mawe, John. 1812. Travels in the interior of Brazil, particularly in the gold and diamond districts of that country. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text

Mawe, John. 1825. Travels in the gold and diamond districts of Brazil. New ed. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green. Text

Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied. 1820. Travels in Brazil in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817. London: Henry Colburn. [only one vol. of a projected three was published] vol. 1. Text

Miers, John. 1826. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including accounts respecting the geography, geology, statistics, government, finances, agriculture, manners and customs, and the mining operations in Chile. Collected during a residence of several years in these countries. 2 vols. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Molina, Juan Ignacio. 1788-95. Compendio de la historia geografica natural y civil del Reyno de Chile. Traducida en Espanol for Don Domingo Joseph. 2 vols. Madrid: Antonio de Sancha. vol. 1 (Primera parte, que abraza la historia geographica y natural) Text vol. 2 Text [CCD: 1794 Madrid edition for vol. 1]

Narborough, John. 1694. An account of several late voyages & discoveries to the South and North. London: Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford. Text

Nuñez, Ignacio Benito. 1825. An account, historical, political, and statistical, of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata: with an appendix concerning the usurpation of Monte Video by the Portuguese and Brazilian governments. London: R. Ackerman. Text

Owen, William Fitz William. 1833. Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Pernety, Antoine Joseph. 1769. Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux Îles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître, & y former un établissement; et de deux voyages au Détroit de Magellan avec une relation sur les Patagons. 2 vols. Berlin: Étienne de Bordeaux. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Péron, François. 1807. Voyage de decouvertes aux Terres Australes executé par ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi, sur les corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste, et la goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris: Imprimerie Impériale; A. Bertrand. Text

Phillip, Arthur. 1789. The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay: with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island, compiled from authentic papers which have been obtained from the several departments to which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall with an account of their new discoveries, embellished with fifty five copper plates, the maps and charts taken from actual surveys, & the plans & views drawn on the spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. London: John Stockdale. Text

Proctor, Robert. 1825. Narrative of a journey across the Cordillera of the Andes. London: A. Constable. Text Image PDF

Proteus. 1834. The Bahama Islands. United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 3: 215-26. [?] Text

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de. 1773. Voyage à l'isle de France, à l'Isle de Bourbon, au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, &c. avec des observations nouvelles sur la nature & sur les hommes. 2 vols. Amsterdam et Paris: Merlin. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro. 1768. Viage al estrecho de Magallanes en los anos de 1579 y 1580 y noticia de la expedicion que despues hizo para poblarle. Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gazeta. [?] Text

Scoresby, William. 1820. An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Hurst, Robinson and Co. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Spix, Johann Baptist von and Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1824. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1817-1820. 2 vols. [in one] London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

Stevenson, William Bennet. 1825. A historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America: containing the travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results. 3 vols. London: Hurst, Robinson & Co. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Thunberg, Carl Peter. 1795-6. Travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, performed between the years 1770 and 1779. 4 vols. London: W. Richardson and J. Egerton. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text

Turnbull, John. 1805. A voyage round the world in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804, in which the author visited the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the English settlements of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. 3 vols. London: Richard Phillips. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Ulloa, Antonio de. 1806. A voyage to South America: describing at large the Spanish cities, towns, provinces, &c. on that extensive continent. 4th ed. 2 vols. London: John Stockdale, R. Faulder, Longman, Lackington and J. Harding. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Vancouver, George. 1798. A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world. 3 vols. London: G.G. and J. Robinson. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Vargas y Ponce, Josef de. 1788. Relacion del ultimo viage al Estrecho de magellanes de la Fragata de S.M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los anos de 1785 y 1786. Madrid: Por la viuda de Ibarra, hijos y compañia. [?] PDF

Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf. 1787. Voyage en Syrie et en Égypte, pendant les années 1783, 1784 et 1785. 2 vols. 2d ed. Paris: Desenne. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Wafer, Lionel. 1699. A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America. London: James Knapton. [?] Text

Wallis, Samuel. 1773. An account of a voyage round the world in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. Pp. 363-522 in Hawkesworth, John. 1773. An account of the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour drawn from the journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks. London, W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, Text

Webster, William Henry Bayley. 1834. Narrative of a voyage to the southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer. 2 vols. London: Richard Bentley. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Weddell, James. 1827. A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822-24. Containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude: and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. Text

Natural History

Administration du Muséum Royal d'Histoire Naturelle. 1829. Instruction pour les voyageurs sur la manière de recueillir, de conserver et d'envoyer les objets d'histoire naturelle. 3rd ed. Paris: A. Belin. [?] Text [CCD: Paris, 1818]

Anon. 1816-30. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Par plusieurs Professeurs du Jardin du Roi. 60 vols (and 8 vols plates). Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF vol. 5 PDF vol. 6 PDF vol. 7 PDF vol. 8 PDF vol. 9 PDF vol. 10 PDF vol. 11 PDF vol. 12 PDF vol. 13 PDF vol. 14 PDF vol. 15 PDF vol. 16 PDF vol. 17 PDF vol. 18 PDF vol. 19 PDF vol. 20 PDF vol. 21 PDF vol. 22 PDF vol. 23 PDF vol. 24 PDF vol. 25 PDF vol. 26 PDF vol. 27 PDF vol. 28 PDF vol. 29 PDF vol. 30 PDF vol. 31 PDF vol. 32 PDF vol. 33 PDF vol. 34 PDF vol. 35 PDF vol. 36 PDF vol. 37 PDF vol. 38 PDF vol. 39 PDF vol. 40 PDF vol. 41 PDF vol. 42 PDF vol. 43 PDF vol. 44 PDF vol. 45 PDF vol. 46 PDF vol. 47 PDF vol. 48 PDF vol. 49 PDF vol. 50 PDF vol. 51 PDF vol. 52 PDF vol. 53 PDF vol. 54 PDF vol. 55 PDF vol. 56 PDF vol. 57 PDF vol. 58 PDF vol. 59 PDF vol. 60 PDF

Azara, Félix d'. 1802-5. Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los páxaros del Paraguay y Rio de la Plata. 3 vols. Madrid: Imprenta de la Viuda de Ibarra. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. 1827. Manuel de Malacologie et Conchyliologie. Planches. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Paris: G. Levrault. Text

Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. 1834. Rapport sur les résultats scientifiques du voyage de M. Alcide d'Orbigny dans l'Amerique du Sud, pendant les annees 1826, 1827,1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et I833. Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 84-115. Text

Blainville, Henri Marie Ducrotay de. 1834. Manuel d'actiniologie ou de zoophytologie. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Text

Boitard, Pierre. 1828. Manuel d'entomologie. 2 vols. Paris: Roret. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Bory de Saint-Vincent, Jean Baptiste Georges Marie, ed. 1822-31. Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle. 17 vols. Paris: Rey & Gravier. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text vol. 5 Text vol. 6 Text vol. 7 Text vol. 8 Text vol. 9 Text vol. 10 Text vol. 11 Text vol. 12 Text vol. 13 Text vol. 14 Text vol. 15 Text vol. 16 Text vol. 17 Text

British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1833. Lithographed signatures of the members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, who met at Cambridge, June M.DCCC.XXXIII, with a report of the proceedings at the public meetings during the week: and an alphabetical list of the members. Cambridge: John Smith. Text PDF

British Association for the Advancement of Science. 1833. Report of the first and second meetings, at York in 1831 and at Oxford in 1832, including its proceedings, recommendations, and transactions. London: John Murray. Text

Burchell, William John. 1822-4. Travels in the interior of Southern Africa. 2 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Cuvier, Georges. 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux. 4 vols. Paris: Deterville. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Textvol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text

Cuvier, Georges. 1829-30. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base ä l'histoire naturelle des animaux, 2d ed., 5 vols. Paris: Déterville and Crochard. [vols.4 and 5 listed separately under Latreille] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Cuvier, Georges. 1827-35. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization. With additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith and others. 16 vols. London: Geo. B. Whittaker. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text vol. 5 Text vol. 6 Text vol. 7 Text vol. 8 Text vol. 9 Text vol. 10 Text vol. 11 Text vol. 12 Text vol. 13 Text vol. 14 Text vol. 15 Text vol. 16 Text

Dalyell, Thomas. 1814. Observations on some interesting phenomena in animal physiology, exhibited by several species of Planariae. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable. [?] Text

DeCandolle, Augustin Pyramus and Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim. 1821. Elements of the philosophy of plants: containing the principles of scientific botany, nomenclature, theory of classification, phytography; anatomy, chemistry, physiology, geography, and diseases of plants: with a history of the science and practical illustrations. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and London: T. Cadell. Text

Desmarest, Anselm-Gäetan. 1816-1830. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Planches, 2e partie: Règne Organisé, Zoologie. Insectes [by André-Marie-C. Duméril] Crustacés [by Desmarest]. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Text

Duncan, John Shute. 1831. Analogies of organized beings. Oxford: S. Collingwood. Text

Erichson, Wilhelm Ferdinand & Burmeister, Carl Hermann Conrad. 1834. F. J. F. Meyen's Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde, und Beschreibungen und Abbildungen der von Herrn Meyen auf dieser Reise gesammelten Insekten. 6te Abhandlung. Breslau & Bonn: Verlag der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher. [Darwin Library - CUL, signed, on Beagle] pdf

Euclid. 1781. The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The errors by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are coorected, and some of Euclid demonstrations are restored. Also the book of Euclid's data, in like manner corrected by Robert Simson. Glasgow: Andrew Foulis. Text [edition on the Beagle not known]

Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann. 1826. Neue classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften: Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. Vienna: J. G. Heubner. [?] Text

Fleming, John. 1822. The philosophy of zoology; or, A general view of the structure, functions, and classification of animals. 2 vols. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Gay, Claude. 1833. Aperçu sur les recherches d'histoire naturelle faites dans l'Amérique du Sud, et principalement dans le Chili, 1830 et 1831. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 28: 369-393. Text

Gloger, Constantin Lambert. 1833. Das Abändern der Vögel durch Einfluss des Klima's. Breslau: August Schulz & Co. Text

Herschel, John Frederick William. 1831. A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green and John Taylor. Text

Hofacker, Johann Daniel. 1828. Über die Eigenschaften welche sich bei Menschen und Thieren von den Eltern auf die Nachkommen vererben, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Pferdezucht, mit Beiträgen von F. Notter. Tübingen: G.F. Dsiander. PDF

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1824. Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique. 2 vols. 2d edn. Paris. Both vols. Inscribed by Darwin.
vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

Jourdan, Antoine-Jacques-Louis, ed. 1834. Dictionnaire raisonée, étymologique, synonymique et polyglotte des termes usités dans les sciences naturelles. 2 vols. Paris: J.B. Baillière. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

Kater, Henry and Lardner, Dionysus. 1830. Mechanics. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). Text

King, Philip Parker. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipedia, Conchifera and Mollusca in a collection formed 1826-30. Zoological Journal 5: 332-349. Text

Kirby, William and Spence, William. 1815-26. An introduction to entomology. 4 vols. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text

Lacordaire, Jean Théodore. 1830. Mémoire sur les habitudes des insectes coléoptères de l'Amérique méridionale. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 20: 185-291; 21: 149-194. Text

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de. 1816-17. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 7 vols. Paris: Verdière. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF vol. 5 PDF vol. 6 PDF vol. 7 PDF

Lamouroux, Jean Vincent Félix. 1821. Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des Polypiers. Paris: Veuve Agasse. Text

Latreille, Pierre André. 1829. Crustacés, arachnides et partie des insectes. In: Cuvier, Georges. 1829-30. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation pour servir de base ä l'histoire naturelle des animaux, 2d edition, Paris: Déterville and Crochard, vols. 4-5. vol. 4 Text vol. 5 Text

Lesson, René-Primevère and Garnot, Prosper. 1826-30. Zoologie. Voyage autour du monde, executé par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Lesson, René-Primevère. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. Paris: Roret. Text

Lesson, René-Primevère. 1828. Manuel d'ornithologie, ou description des genres et des principales espéces d'oiseaux. 2 vols. Paris: Roret. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Linnaeus, Carl. 1797. Systema vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species cum characteribus et differentiis. Editio 15a (ed. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon). Göttingen: Christ. Dieterich. [?] Text

Lister, Joseph Jackson. 1834. Some observatons on the structure and functions of tubular and cellular Polypi, and of Ascidiæ. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 126: 365-88. [?] Text

MacCulloch, John. 1820. On peat. Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 2: 40-59, 202-217. [?] Text

Meyen, Franz Julius Ferdinand. 1832-35. Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. [7 parts published in the Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum, vols. 16 (1), 16 (2), 16 (Supplement) and 17 (1).] Bonn: Kaiserlich Leopoldinisch-Carolinisch Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher. PDF

Murray, John. 1826. Experimental researches on the light and luminous matter of the glow-worm, the luminosity of the sea, the phenomena of the chameleon, the ascent of the spider into the atmosphere, and the torpidity of the tortoise, &c. Glasgow: W. R. M'Phun. [?] Text

Pennant, Thomas. 1793. History of quadrupeds. 3rd ed. 2 vols. London: B. & J. White. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Rang, Sander. 1829. Manuel de l'histoire naturelle des mollusques et de leurs coquilles, ayant pour base de classification celle de M. le Baron Cuvier. Paris: Roret. Text

Rengger, Johann Rudolph. 1830. Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere von Paraguay. Basel: Schweighauser. PDF

Richardson, John. 1829-1836. Fauna Boreali-Americana. 3 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Sageret, Michel. 1830. Pomologie physiologique. Paris: Hizard. PDF

Smith, James Edward. 1821. A grammar of botany, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. Text

Somerville, Mary. 1834. On the connexion of the physical sciences. London: John Murray. Text

Southey, Robert. 1810-19. History of Brazil. 3 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Stephens, James Francis. 1833. Description of Chiasognathus Grantii a new lucanideous insect forming the type of an undescribed genus, together with some brief remarks upon its structure and affinities. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 4: 209-17. Text

Swainson, William. 1822. The naturalist's guide for collecting and preserving all subjects of natural history and botany, intended for the use of students and travellers. London: W.Wood, and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, and Liverpool: W. Grapel. [?] Text

Thompson, John Vaughan. 1828. Zoological researches and illustrations: or, natural history of nondescript or imperfectly known animals, in a series of memoirs. Cork: King and Ridings. vol. 1, Part 1. Text

Waterton, Charles. 1833. The habits of the carrion crow. Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology 6, no. 32: 208-214. Text

Geology

Aubuisson de Voisins, Jean Francois d'. 1819. Traité de géognosie: exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe terrestre. 2 vols. Strasbourg et Paris: F.G.Levrault. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Beudant, François Sulpice. 1830. Traité élémentaire de minéralogie. Paris: Verdière. PDF

Boué, Ami. 1830. [Formations secondaires autour du monde.] Journal de Géologie 2 (6): 205-207. Text

Buckland, William. 1821. Considerations of the evidences of a recent deluge. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5: 516-44. [?] Text

Caldcleugh, Alexander. 1834. Geology of the Island of Juan Fernández. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1: 256. [?] Text

Carne, Joseph. 1822. On the relative age of the veins of Cornwall. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 2: 49-128. [?] Text

Cleaveland, Parker. 1816. An elementary treatise on mineralogy and geology: being an introduction to the study of these sciences, and designed for the use of pupils, — for persons attending lectures on these subjects, — and as a companion for travellers in the United States of America. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard; Cambridge: University Press. Text

Conybeare, William Daniel and Phillips, William. 1822. Outlines of the geology of England and Wales, with an introductory compendium of the general principles of that science, and comparative views of the structure of foreign countries. London: William Phillips. Text

Daubeny, Charles. 1826. A description of active and extinct volcanos. London: W. Phillips. Text

De la Beche, Henry Thomas. 1824. A selection of the geological memoirs contained in the Annales des Mines, together with a synoptical table of equivalent formations and M. Brongniart's table of the classification of mixed rocks. London: William Phillips. Text

De la Beche, Henry Thomas. 1832. A geological manual, 2d ed., corrected and enlarged. London: Treuttel and Würtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter. Text [CCD: 1st edition, London 1831]

De la Beche, Henry Thomas. 1834. Researches in theoretical geology. London: Charles Knight. Text

Eschwege, Wilhelm Ludwig von. 1832. Beiträge zur Gebirgskunde Brasiliens. Berlin: G. Reimer. PDF

Fitton, William Henry. 1833. Notes on the progress of geology in England. London: Richard Taylor. Text

Fox, Robert Were. 1830. On the electro-magnetic properties of metalliferous veins in the mines of Cornwall. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 120: 399-414. [?] Text

Greenough, George Bellas. 1819. A critical examination of the first principles of geology, in a series of essays. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. Inscribed: Charles Darwin, Buenos Aires Oct: 1832. Text PDF [Darwin's own copy from the Linnean Society]

Greenough, George Bellas. 1834. Anniversary address (1834). Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 2: 44-70. Text

Henslow, John Stevens. 1822. Geological description of Anglesea. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1 (2): 359-452. Text

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1826. Essai géognostique sur le gisement des roches dans les deux hémisphères. 2d ed. Paris & Strasbourg: F. G. Levrault. Text

Humboldt, Alexander von. 1831. Fragmens de géologie et de climatologie asiatiques. 2 vols. Paris: Gide, A. Phian Delaforest, Delaunay. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text

Jameson, Robert. 1816. A treatise on the external, chemical and physical characters of minerals. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. Text

Lyell, Charles. 1830-33. Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation. 3 vols. London: John Murray. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text Introduction

Michell, John. 1760. Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the phaenomena of earthquakes, particularly of that great earthquake of the First of November, 1755, which proved so fatal to the City of Lisbon, and whose effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 51: 566-634. Text

Phillips, William. 1837. An elementary introduction to mineralogy, comprising a notice of the characters and minerals, with accounts of the place and circumstances in which they are found. 4th ed. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. Text [CCD: London, 1816]

Playfair, John. 1802. Illustrations of the Huttonian theory of the earth. Edinburgh: Cadell & Davies. Text

Playfair, John. 1815. Account of the structure of the table mountain, and other parts of the Peninsula of the Cape. Drawn up by Professor Playfair, from observations made by Captain Basil Hall. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 7: 269-78. [?] Text

Rivero y Ustariz, Mariano Eduardo de. 1828. Memoria sobre el rico mineral de Pasco. Memoriales des ciencias naturales 1828: 70-101. Text

Scrope, George Julius Poulett. 1825. Considerations on volcanos: the probable causes of their phenomena, the laws which determine their march, the disposition of their products, and their connexion with the present state and past history of the globe. Leading to the establishment of a new theory of the earth. London: W. Phillips. Text

Seale, Robert Francis. 1834. The geognosy of the Island of St. Helena, illustrated in a series of views, plans and sections; accompanied with explanatory remarks and observations. London: Ackermann and Co. Text

Atlases and maps

Anon. 1833. The nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris for the year 1834. Published by order of The Lords Commisioners of the Admiralty. London: John Murray. Text

Arrowsmith, Aaron. 1823. A new general atlas, constructed from the latest authorities. Edinburgh: A. Constable and London: Longman. Text

Daniell, John Frederic. 1823. Meteorological essays and observations. London: Thomas and George Underwood. Text

Hacq, Jose Manuel. 1826. Mapa fisico y politico del alto y bajo Peru: nota, esta mapa esta corejido con presencia de las observaciones e itinerarios de los oficiales facultatives que han accompañado a los ejercitos en sus diferentes operaciones, cujos trabajos se reunieron a la cosecuencia de los ultimos acontecimientos por orden del gobierno. Paris: J. M. Darmet. [?] Image

Hall, Sidney, 1829. A new general atlas, with the divisions and boundaries carefully coloured; Constructed entirely from new drawings, and engraved by Sidney Hall. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

Hall, Sidney. 1831. An alphabetical index of all the names contained in a new general atlas of fifty-nine maps. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Green. pdf

Horsburgh, James. 1829. India directory, or directions for sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, Brazil and the interjacent ports. 3rd ed. 2 vols. London: Author. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text [CCD: London edition in 2 parts dated 1809-11]

Jones, Thomas. [1802]. A companion to the mountain barometer, consisting of tables, whereby the operation of computing heights with that instrument is rendered extremely simple and easy, whilst its accuracy is inferior to no other mode; together with a description and use of the englefield mountain barometer. 2d ed. with additions. London: Author. Text [Darwin's copy is in CUL-DAR196.2.2]

Krusenstern, Adam Johann von. 1824-27. Atlas de l'Océan Pacifique dressé par M. de Krusenstern. St Petersburg. [of the 1814 German original edition] PDF

Krusenstern, Adam Johann von. 1827. Recueil de mémoires hydrographiques pour servir d'analyse et d'explication à l'Atlas de l'Océan Pacifique. St Petersburg: Departement de l'Instruction Publique. PDF

Maskelyne, Nevil. 1802. Tables requisite to be used with the Nautical ephemeris for finding the latitude and longitude at sea. 3rd ed. London: T. Bensley. Text

Roussin, Albin-René. 1827. Le pilote du Brésil, ou description des côtes de l'Amérique méridionale. Paris: Imprimerie Royale. Text [CCD: Paris, 1826]

Whewell, William. 1833. Essay towards a first approximation to a map of cotidal lines. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 123: 147-236. Text

Most of the many maps and charts on the Beagle remain unidentified. Some of those known are listed below.

Arrowsmith, Aaron. 1823. A new general atlas, constructed from the latest authorities. Edinburgh: A. Constable and London: Longman. Text

Joseph Albert Bacler d’Albe Republic of Chili surveyed &c &c in 1819.

Basilio Villarino — Chart of Bahia Blanca.

Bellavista chart.

Faden Admiralty chart of 1818. Possibly this one.

Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de. 1822-44. Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 9 vols. and 4 vols. plates. Paris: Pillet Ainé. Atlas PDF

Hacq, Jose Manuel. 1826. Mapa fisico y politico del alto y bajo Peru: nota, esta mapa esta corejido con presencia de las observaciones e itinerarios de los oficiales facultatives que han accompañado a los ejercitos en sus diferentes operaciones, cujos trabajos se reunieron a la cosecuencia de los ultimos acontecimientos por orden del gobierno. Paris: J. M. Darmet. [?] Image

Hall, Sidney, 1829. A new general atlas, with the divisions and boundaries carefully coloured; Constructed entirely from new drawings, and engraved by Sidney Hall. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. Text

Krusenstern, Adam Johann von. 1824-27. Atlas de l’Océan Pacifique dressé par M. de Krusenstern. PDF

La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup de. 1798-9. A voyage round the world performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. 3 vols., atlas. London: T. Johnson. (Atlas) Text

Roussin Abrolhos. Possibly this one.

These maps in the Darwin Archive at Cambridge University Library were possibly on the Beagle

Plan of the route from St Jago de Chile to Mendoza (1821) Image

Carta geographica que comprende los rios de la Plata, Parana, Uruguay y Grande (1826) Image

Plano de Buenos Aires Image

Planta da provincia do Rio De Janeiro Image

Mapa del Rio de la Plata Image

Planta do Rio de Janeiro (1831) Image

Literature

Anon., Holy Bible (King James version) Text

Anon., 1825. Holy Bible [copy owned by Stokes for sale with Maggs Brothers, 2020]: La Biblia, ó el Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento, Traducidos en Espanol. London: Bagster.

Anon. 1811. Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi. [In English and German] London: British and Foreign Bible Society. [The Charles Darwin Trust, on Beagle, Inscribed 'C. Darwin H.M.S. Beagle']. PDF

Bloomfield, S.T. ed. 1832. The Greek Testament with English notes, critical, philological, and exegetical. 2 vols. Cambridge: J.G. & F. Rivington [etc.] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF [Darwin's edition was: NOVUM TESTAMENTUM…EDITIO SECUNDA. London: G. and B. Whittaker, 1820. Signed "C. Darwin" on front flyleaf.]

Davy, Humphry. 1830. Consolations in travel, or the last days of a philosopher. Edited by John Davy. London: John Murray. [?] Text

Desquiron de Saint-Agnan ed. 1821. Historia del proceso de la reine de Inglaterra escrita en francés con presencia de documentos fidedignos recogidos en Londres por A.T. Desquiron de St. Agnan y traducida al castellano por el ciudadano don Juan Valle y Codés. Barcelona: Imprenta nacional de la Viuda Roca. PDF

Martineau, Harriet. 1832. Illustrations of political economy. 3 vols. London. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Milton, John. 1667. Paradise lost: a poem written in ten books. London: Peter Parker. Text [edition on the Beagle not known]

Richardson, Samuel. 1781. The history of Sir Charles Grandison. 7 vols. London: Strachan. vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text vol. 4 Text vol. 5 Text vol. 6 Text vol. 7 Text

Shenstone, William. 1764. The works in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: most of which were never before printed. 2 vols. London: R. and J. Dodsley. vol. 1 PDF, vol. 2 PDF

Whateley, Richard. 1829. A view of the Scripture revelations concerning a future state. London: B. Fellowes. Text

Reference

Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. 1823. Encyclopaedia Britannica, or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature. Enlarged and improved. 6th ed., 20 vols., 1 vol. Supplement. Edinburgh Archibald Constable. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF vol. 4 PDF vol. 5 PDF vol. 6 PDF vol. 7 PDF vol. 8 PDF vol. 9 PDF vol. 10 PDF vol. 11 PDF vol. 12 PDF vol. 13 PDF vol. 14 PDF vol. 15 PDF vol. 16 PDF vol. 17 PDF vol. 18 PDF vol. 19 PDF vol. 20 PDF Supplement 1 PDF Supplement 2 PDF

Febres, Andrés. 1765. Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile, con un dialogo chileno-hispano muy curioso. Lima: Calle de la Encarnación. Text

Fernandez, Felipe. 1822. A new practical grammar of the Spanish language. London. inscribed “Carolus Darwin” PDF

Murray, Lindley. 1824. An English grammar. 5th ed. 2 vols. York: T. Wilson & Sons. vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

Seoane, Mateo. 1831. Neuman and Baretti's dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages. 5th ed. 2 vols. London: n.p. vol. 1: Spanish and English. Text

Syme, Patrick. 1821. Werner's nomenclature of colours with additions, arranged so as to render it highly useful to the arts and sciences particularly zoology, botany, chemistry, mineralogy, and morbid anatomy. Annexed to which are examples selected from well-known objects in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms. 2d ed. Edinburgh: William Blackwood. Text Image PDF A704

Wood, James. 1825. The elements of algebra: designed for the use of students in the University. 8th ed. Cambridge: Deighton and Son, and T. Stevenson; London: J. Mawman. Text

History

Funes, Gregorio. 1816-17. Ensayo de la historia civil del Paraguay, Buenos-Ayres y Tucuman. 3 vols. Buenos Ayres: M. J. Gandarillas. [?] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF vol. 3 PDF

Mackintosh, James. 1830. The history of England. London: Lardner (Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia). vol. 1 Text

Southey, Robert. 1810-19. History of Brazil. 3 vols. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme. [?] vol. 1 Text vol. 2 Text vol. 3 Text

Turner, Sharon. 1832. The sacred history of the world, as displayed in the Creation and subsequent events to the Deluge, attempted to be philosophically considered in a series of letters to a son. 2d ed. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. vol. 1 Text

Manuscript items on the Beagle

All of Darwin’s Beagle manuscripts: images; transcribed

Darwin's Beagle field notebooks.

Concordance to Darwin's Beagle diaries and notebooks

The red notebook. Text

Geological diary. Text & image (Introduction)

Zoology notes & specimen lists. Text PDF

Animal notes. Text & image

Ornithological notes. Text

Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Text PDF

Darwin's insects. Text PDF

Collection of Rocks. Introduction Image

Specimens at Zoology, Cambridge. Image

Diaries and journals

Keynes, R. D. ed. 2001. Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary. Text

Rookmaaker, Kees ed. Charles Darwin's Beagle diary. Text (abridged audio book)

FitzRoy's journal, later published as: FitzRoy, R. 1839. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36. Text

FitzRoy, Robert. [Letter to N. Ogle on appointment of A. Derbishire to the Beagle] (30.06.1831) Text & image

Forsyth, Charles. A log of the Proceedings of H. M. Surveying Sloop Beagle. Introduction by Simon Keynes Image PDF

Rouse W to FitzRoy R 1835.02.20--1835.05.06 'Political Essays' I: 63 Image

See also: Conrad Martens' Sketchbooks I and III