Beagle voyage materials in Darwin Online

Darwin Online provides by far the largest collection of materials about the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836). Links to most of these materials are below.

Darwin's day-by-day itinerary during the entire voyage.

The entire 400-volume Beagle Library.

Manuscript items on the Beagle

All of Darwin's Beagle manuscripts, images or transcribed.

Darwin's Beagle field notebooks.

Concordance to the Beagle diary and field 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

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Catalogues of Beagle specimens: (i) Animals Fish in spirits of wine Insects Shells in spirits of wine. 143 images

DAR29.1.A1-A49

Beagle animal notes (1832-3). Introduction by Richard Darwin Keynes.

DAR29.1.B1b-B20 'Fish in Spirits of Wine' [Beagle animal notes] (1832-6).
DAR29.1.D1-D8

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'Shells in Spirits of wine'. [Beagle animal notes] (1832-6).

DAR29.2

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[Beagle] Ornithological notes [birds], transcribed in F1577. 123 images

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Notes on Beagle Shells. Lists of Beagle specimens. Catalogue of corallines. Insects in spirits of wine. Zoological plates & references. Mammalia in spirits of wine. Birds, etc. in spirits of wine. 157 images

DAR29.3.4-8 Text & image 1832-6. Shells, enumeration and description of specimens.

NHM-405052-1001

List of reptiles and amphibians from Beagle voyage (1832-7).

NHM-408865-1001

List of fossil wood specimens from Beagle voyage. Introduction

DAR29.3.78

Notes on the preservation of specimens [for Beagle voyage].

DAR42.93-96

 

'Reflection on reading my Geological notes.' [3.1834].

DAR42.148
DAR42.97-99 'The position of the bones of Mastodon (?) at Port St Julian is of interest'. (2.1835)

 

Diaries & journals

Rookmaaker, Kees & John van Wyhe eds. Darwin's Beagle diary. Text & image(abridged audio book)

Barlow, N. ed. 1933. Charles Darwin's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text Image PDF F1566

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

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 at CUL.

FitzRoy, R. 1841. The Falkland Islands, surveyed by Captn. Robert Fitz Roy R.N. and the officers of H.M. Ship Beagle 1834. London: John Arrowsmith. 48.5 x 60.3 cm. Image

Reminiscences of Darwin on the Beagle

Darwin's account of the voyage in his Autobiography.

Darwin, Emma. [Reminiscences of Darwin on the 'Beagle']. Text

Stokes, J. L. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

Stokes, J. L. [Reminiscence of Darwin]. The Times. Text

Sulivan, B. J. [Recollections of Darwin and the Beagle.] Text

Sulivan, B. J. [Impressions of Charles Darwin]. Text

Sulivan, B. J. to J.D. Hooker [1882]. Text

King, P. G. [Recollections of Darwin.] Text

King, P. G. [Reminiscences of Mr Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle]. Text

Litchfield, H. E. [Recollections of Darwin's Beagle voyage]. Text

Litchfield, H. E. [Recollections of Darwin's Religious opinions]. Text

Litchfield, H. E. [Recollections of Darwin's voyage on the Beagle]. Text

Litchfield, H. E. 'The way in which my Father got to go with the Beagle'. Text

Macdonell, A. [Recollection of Darwin in Buenos Ayres]. Text

 

Beagle voyage publications

Books

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Click to see illustrations

1838-43. The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London: Colburn. [Introduction by G. Chancellor]

Part 1 Fossil Mammalia by R. Owen. By Darwin: Preface & Geological introduction. Text Image PDF F9.1 Original numbers issued:
1: F8.1 Text Image PDF
2: F8.7 Text Image PDF
3: F8.8 Text Image PDF
4: F8.13 Text Image PDF

Part 2 Mammalia by G. R. Waterhouse. By Darwin: Geographical introduction & A notice of their habits and ranges. Text Image PDF F9.2 Original numbers issued:
1: F8.2 Text Image PDF
2: F8.4 Text Image PDF
3: F8.5 Text Image PDF
4: F8.10 Text Image PDF

Part 3 Birds by J. Gould [& G. R. Gray]. Text Image PDF F9.3 Original numbers issued:
1: F8.3 Text Image PDF
2: F8.6 Text Image PDF
3: F8.9 Text Image PDF
4: F8.11 Text Image PDF
5: F8.15 Text Image PDF

Part 4 Fish by L. Jenyns. Text Image PDF F9.4 [Introduction by D. Pauly] Original numbers issued:
1: F8.12 Text Image PDF
2: F8.14 Text Image PDF
3: F8.16 Text Image PDF
4: F8.17 Text Image PDF

Part 5 Reptiles [& Amphibia] by T. Bell. Text Image PDF F9.5 Original numbers issued:
1: F8.18 Text Image PDF

Journal of Researches (or Voyage of the Beagle) Click to see illustrationsJournal 2nd edition

The narrative of the voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle. London: Colburn [1st ed.] 3 vols & appendix:

FitzRoy, R. 1839. Proceedings of the second expedition, 1831-36. Text Image PDF F10.2

[FitzRoy, R.] 1839. Appendix. Text Image PDF F10.2a

Darwin. 1839. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. Text Image PDF F10.3

1839. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle. London: Colburn. Image PDF F11

1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world. London: Murray. 2d ed. Text Image PDF F14

1846. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. New York: Harper and Brothers. PDF F16

1860. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world. London: Murray. 10th thousand. (Final text) Text Image F20

1873. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. New York: Appleton. PDF F28

1878. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. New York: Appleton. PDF F33

1880. What Mr. Darwin saw in his voyage round the world in the ship "Beagle". Image PDF F36

1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: Murray. [Illustrated ed.] Text Image PDF F59

1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" etc. With a biographical introduction [by G. T. Bettany]. 7th ed. London: Lock. Image PDF F60

1890. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle etc. London: Nelson. Image PDF F63

1891. Journal of researches... Biographical introduction by G. T. Bettany. PDF F67

1905. The voyage of the "Beagle". Image F106 [extracts only]

Chinese

1955. 达尔文日记 乘军舰比格尔号环航世界一周考察博物地质记. 黄素封译. 上海: 上海商务印书馆. PDF F1842

1957. 一个自然科学家在贝格尔舰上的环球旅行记. 周邦立译. 北京: 北京科学出版社. PDF F1843

1998. 一个自然科学家在贝尔格舰上的环球旅行记. 周邦立译, 叶笃庄修订. 台北 : 台湾商务印书馆. PDF F2179

Croatian

1922. Put jednoga prirodoslovca oko zemlje: svezak 1. PDF F2412.1

Danish Click to see illustrations

1870. Rejseiagttagelser. Introduction Image PDF F1834

1876. Rejse om Jorden. Introduction Text Image PDF F174

Dutch

[1891.] De reis van de "Beagle": dagboek van de onderzoekingen. Image PDF F176

Finnish

1924. Matka maapallon ympäri. PDF F179a

French

1875. Voyage d'un naturaliste autour du monde. Image PDF F181

German

1844. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise. [2 vols. in 1] Image PDF1 PDF2 F188

1875. Reise eines Naturforschers um die Welt. PDF F189

Greek

1900. Journal of researches [in Greek]. [Tierra del Fuego], chapter 10, pp. 29-77. PDF F206

Italian

[1872.] Viaggio di un naturalista intorno al mondo. Text Image PDF F211

Japanese

1912. Journal of researches [in Japanese]. PDF F2312

Polish

1887. Podróż na okręcie "Beagle". PDF F223

1959. Podróż na okręcie "Beagle". PDF F224

Portuguese

1997. Viagens do Adventure e do Beagle: Diário e anotações, 1832-1836. (Journal and remarks, chapter 1) Text F2037

Romanian

1958. Calatoria unui naturalist in jurul lumii pe bordul vasului Beagle. PDF F225

Russian

1865. Journal of researches.
PDF F2383.1
PDF F2383.2

1976. Journal of Researches. 3d ed. Text F1922

Spanish

1921. Diaro del viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo.
Vol. 1 Image PDF F252.1
Vol. 2 Image PDF F252.2

1942. Viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo. Image PDF F255

1945. Viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo. PDF F255b

Swedish

1872. En naturforskares Resa omkring jorden. Image PDF F259

Geology of The Voyage of The Beagle Click to see illustrationsGeology of South AmericaVolcanic islandsCoral reefs

1842. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. Introduction Text Image PDF F271

1844. Geological observations on the volcanic islands visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Introduction Text Image PDF F272

1846. Geological observations on South America. Introduction Text Image PDF F273

1874. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 2d ed. Text Image PDF F275

1876. Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle'. 2d ed. Text Image PDF F276

1889. The structure and distribution of coral reefs. 3d ed. With a preface by Francis Darwin and an appendix by T. G. Bonney. Text Image PDF F277

1890. On the structure and distribution of coral reefs; also geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America ... And a critical introduction to each work by John W. Judd. Text Image PDF (Judd introductions only) F279

1907. On the structure and distribution of coral reefs. Introduction by J. W. Williams. [Introduction by Williams only] Text F299

French

1878. Les récifs de corail leur structure et leur distribution. Text Image PDF F309

1902. Observations géologiques sur les iles volcaniques. Text Image PDF F310

German

1876. Über den Bau und die Verbreitung der Corallen-Riffe.Text Image PDF F311

1877. Geologische Beobachtungen über die Vulcanischen Inseln. Text Image PDF F312

1878. Geologische Beobachtungen über Süd-Amerika. Text Image PDF F313

1878. Kleinere geologische Abhandlungen. Text Image PDF F1601

Spanish

1906. Geology of The Voyage of The Beagle [in Spanish]. PDF F324

Manual of Scientific Enquiry

1849. Geology. In Herschel ed., A manual of scientific enquiry. Text Image PDF F325

1849. On the use of the microscope on board ship. In Owen, Zoology. In Herschel ed., A manual of scientific enquiry. Text Image PDF F1822

1851. Geology. In Herschel ed., A manual of scientific enquiry. Text Image PDF F328

1859. Geology. In Herschel ed., A manual of scientific enquiry. PDF F329

Spanish

1857. Geologia. In Manual de investigaciones científicas. Text Image F2073

Articles

Anon. 1836. [Return of the Beagle and Darwin's observations]. Nautical Magazine. Text

Darwin. [1835]. [Extracts from letters addressed to Professor Henslow]. Text 

Darwin. 1836. Geological notes made during a survey of the east and west coasts of S. America, in the years 1832, 1833, 1834 and 1835, with an account of a transverse section of the Cordilleras of the Andes between Valparaiso and Mendoza. Proceedings of the Geological Society. Text 

Darwin. 1837. [Note on an Australian insect.] In Waterhouse, Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1837. [Notes on Rhea americana and Rhea darwinii]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1837. [Remarks upon the habits of the genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea of Gould]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1837. [Specimens of Chiasognathus Grantii]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Text  

Darwin. 1837. [Specimens of the genus Carabus from South America]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Text  

Darwin. 1837. A sketch of the deposits containing extinct Mammalia in the neighbourhood of the Plata. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1837. Observations of proofs of recent elevation on the coast of Chili, made during the survey of His Majesty's Ship Beagle commanded by Capt. FitzRoy R.N. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1837. On certain areas of elevation and subsidence in the Pacific and Indian oceans, as deduced from the study of coral formations. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1838. [Notes on Cocos-Keeling Islands plants]. In Henslow, Florula Keelingensis. Annals of natural history. Text 

Darwin. 1838. On the connexion of certain volcanic phaenomena, and on the formation of mountain-chains and volcanos, as the effects of continental elevations. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1840. [Notes on Chilean beetles.] In G. R. Waterhouse, Description of a new species of the genus Lophotus, from the collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History.   Text

Darwin. 1840. On the connexion of certain volcanic phenomena in South America; and on the formation of mountain chains and volcanos, as the effect of the same powers by which continents are elevated. Transactions of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1841. [Note on a ground-beetle found off the Straits of Magellan.] In Waterhouse, Carabideous insects collected by Charles Darwin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text 

Darwin. 1841. [Notes on South American insects.] In Waterhouse, [Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects from the Southern Parts of S. America, Collected by C. Darwin.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1841. [Notes on South American spiders.] In White, Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text  

Darwin. 1841. On a remarkable bar of sandstone off Pernambuco, on the coast of Brazil. The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine. Text 

Darwin. 1841. On the distribution of erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1842. [Note on a mushroom from Maldonado.] Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text  

Darwin. 1842. [Notes on South American beetles.] Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text 

Darwin. 1842. On the distribution of the erratic boulders and on the contemporaneous unstratified deposits of South America. Transactions of the Geological Society. Text 

Darwin. 1844. Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae, and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text 

Darwin. 1844. Mr. Darwin's Memorandum. In Henslow, Rust in wheat. Gardeners' Chronicle. Text 

Darwin. 1844. Observations on the structure and propagation of the genus Sagitta. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Text 

Darwin. 1845. [Extracts from Darwin's notes.] In Berkeley, On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1846. An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1846. On the geology of the Falkland Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1846. Origin of saliferous deposits. Salt lakes of Patagonia and La Plata. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1849. [Remark on a South American gold mine]. Athenaeum. Text 

Darwin. 1851. [Note on a Galapagos lichen]. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1853. [Description of Patagonian fossil beds.] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Text  

Darwin. 1860. Voyages d'un naturaliste: l'Archipel Galapagos et les attolls de coraux. Le tour du monde. Image PDF 

Darwin. 1863. On the thickness of the Pampean formation, near Buenos Ayres. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1870. Notes on the habits of the pampas woodpecker (Colaptes campestris). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1873. [Note on nematodes]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Text 

Darwin. 1894. [Note on a Toxodon skull]. In Owen ed. The life of Richard Owen. Text 

FitzRoy & Darwin. 1836. A letter, containing remarks on the moral state of Tahiti, New Zealand, &c. South African Christian Recorder. Text 

FitzRoy, 1832. Extract of a Letter from Captain Fitz Roy, of H. M. Sloop Beagle, on the subject of the Abrolhos Bank. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Text

FitzRoy, 1836. Sketch of the Surveying Voyages of his Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 1825-1836. Journal of the Geological Society of London.  Text   

FitzRoy, 1837. Extracts from the Diary of an Attempt to Ascend the River Santa Cruz, in Patagonia, with the boats of his Majesty's sloop Beagle. By Captain Robert Fitz Roy, R.N. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Text

FitzRoy, 1837. Notice of the Mountain Aconcagua in Chile. Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Text

Sulivan, N.A. 1951. Management of ships under sail. The mariner's Mirror. Text

 

Scientific descriptions of Darwin's Beagle specimens

Babington, C. C. 1836. Notice of the varieties of Chiasognathus Grantii. Text 

Babington, C. C. [1842.] Dytiscidae Darwinianae; or, Descriptions of the Species of Dytiscidae. Text  

Bell, T. 1842-3. Reptiles [and Amphibia] Part 5 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text PDF

Berkeley, M. J. 1840. Notice of Some Fungi. Text

Berkeley, M. J. 1842. Notice on some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., in South America and the Islands of the Pacific. Text

Berkeley, M. J. 1845. On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego, and an allied Chilian species. Text

Bibron, G. 1841. Le rhinoderme de Darwin. Rhinoderma Darwinii. Text

Bryant, G. E. 1942. New species of Chrysomelidae, Halticinae (Coleopt.). Text

Buckland, W. 1837. Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology. Sixth Bridgewater treatise. Text

Busk, G. 1852. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Cheilostomata (part). Text

Busk, G. 1854. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part II. Cheilostomata (part). Text

Busk, G. 1875. Catalogue of marine Polyzoa in the collection of the British Museum, Part III. Cyclostomata. Text

Champion, G. C. 1918. Notes on various South American Coleoptera. Text

Chancellor, G., A. diMauro, R. Ingle, G. King. 1988. Charles Darwin's Beagle Collections in the Oxford University Museum. Text

Clift, W. 1835. Notice on the Megatherium. Text

Cockerell, T. D. A. 1932. Bees collected by Charles Darwin. Text

Cobbold, T. S. 1873. Notes on Entozoa—Part I. Text

Cobbold, T. S. 1874. Notes on Entozoa. Part II. Text

Cobbold, T. S. 1886. Notes on Parasites. Text  

Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. Text  

Darwin. 1837. [Notes on Rhea americana and Rhea darwinii]. Text

Darwin. 1837. [Specimens of Chiasognathus Grantii]. Text

Darwin. 1837. [Specimens of the genus Carabus from South America]. Text

Darwin. 1837. [Remarks upon the habits of the genera Geospiza, Camarhynchus, Cactornis and Certhidea of Gould]. Text

Darwin. 1838. [Notes on Cocos-Keeling Islands plants]. Text

Darwin. 1839. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836. Text

Darwin. 1844. Observations on the structure and propagation of the genus Sagitta. Text

Darwin. 1844. Mr. Darwin's Memorandum. In Henslow, Rust in wheat. Text

Darwin. 1844. Brief descriptions of several terrestrial planariae, and of some remarkable marine species, with an account of their habits. Text

Darwin. 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world. 2d ed. Text

Darwin. 1845. …analogy of the structure of some volcanic rocks with that of glaciers. Text

Darwin. 1846. An account of the fine dust which often falls on vessels in the Atlantic ocean. Text

Darwin. 1894. [Note on a Toxodon skull]. Text

[Darwin's Catalogue of the appendages and other parts of Cirripedes, mounted as microscopical slides. (1854-5)]. Introduction Image 

Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über eine aus feinstem Kieselmehl von Infusorien bestehende Schminke der Feuerländer. Text

Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen bedeutenden Infusorien haltenden vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobiolith) auf der Insel Ascension. Text

Ehrenberg, C. G. 1845. Über einen See-Infusorien haltenden weissen vulkanischen Aschen-Tuff (Pyrobioloth) als sehr grosse Gebirgsmasse in Patagonien. B. Text

Ehrenberg, C. G. 1844. Über einen die ganze Luft längere Zeit trübenden Staubregen im hohen atlantischen Ocean, in 70° 43' N.B. 26 W.L., und dessen Mischung aus zahlreichen Kieselthieren. Text

Forbes, E. 1846. Descriptions of Secondary Fossil Shells from South America. Text

Funkhouser, W. D. 1934. A new membracid collected by Charles Darwin (Homoptera). Text

Galloway, D. J. 2009. Darwin's Lichens. The Linnean 25(3): 36-51.

Gould, J. 1837. [Remarks on a Group of Ground Finches]. Text

Gould, J. 1837. [Observations on the Raptorial Birds]. Text

Gould, J. 1837. Exhibition of the fissirostral birds. Text

Gould, J. 1837. [three species of the genus Orpheus, from the Galapagos]. Text

Gould, J. 1837. [On a New Rhea (Rhea Darwinii)]. Text

Gould, J. 1837. [Exhibition of Mr. Darwin's Birds, and description of a New Species of Wagtail (Motacilla Yarrelli)]. Text

Gould, J. 1838. [Exhibition of 'another portion of the birds collected by Charles Darwin, Esq.']. Text

Gould, J. [and G. R. Gray]. 1838-1841. Text Image PDF  

Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Text   

Grouw, H. van, and F. D. Steinheimer. 2008. Charles Darwin's lost Cinereous Harrier found in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History Leiden. Text PDF   

Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the collection of the British Museum. Image   

Günther, A. 1860. On a new snake from the Galapagos Islands [Herpetodryas biserialis]. Text  

Günther, A. 1877. The gigantic land-tortoises (living and extinct) in the collection of the British Museum. Image  

Harker, A. 1907. Notes on the rocks of the "Beagle" Collection. Text   

Harker, A. c. 1907. Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks. Introduction Image  

Harmer, S. F. 1901. List of specimens collected on the Beagle which were kept or discarded, with extracts from Darwin's manuscripts referring to specimens kept in the museum. University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. Image  

Henslow, J. S. 1837. Description of Two New Species of Opuntia; with Remarks on the Structure of the Fruit of Rhipsalis. Text   

Henslow, J. S. Florula Keelingensis. An account of the native plants of the Keeling Islands. Text  

Herbert, S., Gibson, S. A., Norman, D. B., Geist, D., Estes, G., Grant, T. and Miles, A. J. 2009. Into the field again: re-examining Charles Darwin's 1835 geological work on Isla Santiago (James Island) in the Galápagos archipelago Text   PDF   

Hickson, S. J. 1921. On Some Alcyonaria in the Cambridge Museum. Text   

Higgins, H. H. 1881. Note on a collection of Cirripedes. Text Image   

Hooker, J. D. 1846. Description of Pleuropetalum, a new genus of Portulaceae, from the Galapagos Islands. Text   

Hooker, J. D. 1846. Enumeration of the plants in the Galapagos Islands, with descriptions of the new species. Text  

Hooker, J. D. 1847. An enumeration of the plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with descriptions of those which are new. Text  

Hooker, J. D. 1847. On the vegetation of the Galapagos Archipelago, as compared with that of some other tropical islands and of the continent of America. Text   

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Text  

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1836. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Text   

Hooker, W. J. 1837-1922. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants. Text  

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Text   

Hooker, W. J. & Arnott, G. A. W. 1841. Contributions towards a Flora of South America and the islands of the Pacific. Text  

Hope, F. W. 1838. Descriptions of some species of Carabidae. Text  

Hope, F. W. 1838. [Exhibition of Chiasognathus Grantii and Carabi]. Text  

Jenyns, L. 1840-2. Fish Part 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text Image PDF Introduction  

Keynes, R. D. ed. 2000. Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. Text   PDF

Laurent, J. and Campbell, M. 1987. The Eye of Reason: Charles Darwin in Australasia.

Linsley, E. G. & Usinger, R. L. 1966. Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Text   

Lowe, M. W.; Brooke, M. de L.; Rookmaaker, L. C.; Wetton, L., 2010. Charles Darwin's tinamou egg. Archives of Natural History.

Lubbock, J. 1853. Description of a new genus of Calanidae. Text  

Lubbock, J. 1855. On the freshwater Entomostraca of South America. Text  

Lyell, Charles. 1837. Presidential Address to the Geological Society. Text & image  

Martin, W. 1837. Observations on three specimens of the genus Felis. Text  

Martin, W. 1837. [Observations upon a New Fox from Mr. Darwin's Collection (Vulpes fulvipes)]. Text  

Martin, W. 1837. [Observations on a Specimen of Dasypus hybridus, Desm]. Text   

Martin, W. 1838. Sur trois espèce du genre Felis. Text   

Morris, J., Sharpe, D.1846. Description of eight species of brachyopodous shells from the Palaeozoic rocks of the Falkland Islands. Text   

Newman, E. 1840. Entomological notes. Text   

Owen, R. 1837. A description of the Cranium of the Toxodon Platensis, a gigantic extinct mammiferous species, referrible by its dentition to the Rodentia, but with affinities to the Pachydermata and the Herbivorous Cetacea. Text   

Owen, R. 1838. Description d'une machoire inferieure et de dents de Toxodon trouvées à Bahia-Blanca, à 39° de latitude sur la cote Est de l'Amerique méridionale. Text   

Owen, R. 1838. Beschreibung eines zu Bahia Blanca, unter 39° Breite auf der Ostküste des südlichen America's, gefundenen Unterkiefers und Zähne von Toxodon. Text  

Owen, R. 1838-1840. Fossil Mammalia Part 1 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text PDF

[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 1: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Marsupialia. Text   

[Owen, R.] 1853. Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Vol. 2: Mammalia Placentalia. Text  

Owen, R. 1857. On the Scelidothere (Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Owen). Text   

Porter, D. M. 1980. Charles Darwin's plant collections from the voyage of the Beagle. Text

Porter, D. M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin BMNH (Hist.) 14, No. 2: 145-233. Text

Porter, D. M. 1999. Charles Darwin's Chilean plant collections. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 72: 181-200. Text

Ramsay, A. C., Bristow, H. W., Geikie, A. & Bauerman, H. 1862. A descriptive catalogue of the rock specimens in the Museum of Practical Geology. Text

Reid, J. 1837. [Notes on Several Quadrupeds in Mr. Darwin's Collection]. Text

Richardson, C. 1933. Petrology of the Galapagos Islands. Text

Robinson, G. S. 1983. Darwin's moth from St Paul's Rocks: a new species of Erechthias (Tineidae). Systematic Entomology 8: 303-311.

Schomburgk, R. H. 1837. On the Identity of three supposed Genera of Orchideous Epiphytes. Text

Smith, K. G. V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes. Text

Smith, K. G. V. 1996. Supplementary notes on Darwin's insects. Text PDF

Sowerby, G. B. 1844. Descriptions of fossil shells. Text

Sowerby, G. B. 1846. Descriptions of Tertiary Fossil Shells from South America. Text

Steinheimer, F. D. 2004. Charles Darwin's bird collection and ornithological knowledge during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 1831-1836. Text

Sulloway, F. J. 1982. The Beagle collections of Darwin's finches (Geospizinae). Text PDF

Thomas, B. A. 2009. Darwin and plant fossils. (online pdf)

Walker, F. 1838. Descriptions of some Chalcidites. Text

Walker, F. 1839. Monographia Chalciditum. Vol. II. Text

Walker, F. 1842. Descriptions of Chalcidites. Text

Walker. F. 1842. Descriptions of Chalcidites Discovered in Valdivia. Text

Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered near Conception. Text

Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites found near Lima. Text

Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in the Isle of Chonos. Text

Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in Coquimbo. Text

Walker, F. 1843. Descriptions of Chalcidites. Text

Waterhouse, C. O. 1875. On some new genera and species of Heteromerous Coleoptera (Helopidae) from Tierra del Fuego. Text

Waterhouse, F. H. 1878. [Coleoptera collected by Charles Darwin]. Text

Waterhouse, F. H. 1879. Descriptions of new Coleoptera of geographical interest. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1837. Notes on a collection of the genus Mus. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1839. Descriptions of some of the insects brought to this country by C. Darwin. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1839. Descriptions of some new species of exotic insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1838-1839. Mammalia Part 2 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text PDF

Waterhouse, G. R. 1840. Descriptions of some new species of Carabideous insects, from the collection made by C. Darwin, Esq., in the southern parts of S. America. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1840. Description of a New Species of the Genus Lophotus. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. [A drawing, and the tail and jaws of a new species of Delphinus]. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Carabideous insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1841. Descriptions of Some New Coleopterous Insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1842. Carabideous insects. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1842. Description of a new species of lamellicorn beetle, brought from Valdivia. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1843. Description of a new genus of Carabideous insects brought from the Falkland Islands. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1845. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Heteromerous Coleoptera. Text

Waterhouse, G. R. 1845. Descriptions of Coleopterous Insects. Text

White, A. 1841. Descriptions of new or little known Arachnida. Text

Wollaston, T. V. 1857. Catalogue of the coleopterous insects of Madeira. Text

 

Works about the Beagle voyage in Darwin Online

Armstrong, P. 1985. Charles Darwin in Western Australia: A young scientist's perception of an environment. Text

Armstrong, P. 1991. Under the blue vault of heaven: A study of Charles Darwin's sojourn in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Text

Armstrong, P. 1992. Charles Darwin's last island: Terceira, Azores, 1836. Text

Armstrong, P. 1992. Darwin's desolate islands: A naturalist in the Falklands, 1833 and 1834. Text

Armstrong, P. 2004. Darwin's other islands. London: Continuum. Text A2112

Banks, M. 1971. A Darwin manuscript on Hobart Town. Royal Society of Tasmania. Text PDF

Banks, M. R., D. Leaman eds. 1999. Charles Darwin's Field Notes on the geology of Hobart Town — A modern appraisal. Royal Society of Tasmania. Text

Barlow, N. 1932. Robert FitzRoy and Charles Darwin. Cornhill Magazine. Text

Barlow, N. 1935. Charles Darwin and the Galapagos Islands. Nature. Text

Barlow, N. ed. 1933. Charles Darwin's diary of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. Text Image PDF F1566

Barlow, N. ed. 1945. Charles Darwin and the voyage of the Beagle. Text PDF

Barlow, N. ed. 1963. Darwin's ornithological notes. Bulletin BMNH With introduction, notes & appendix by the editor. Text PDF

Barlow, N. ed. 1967. Darwin and Henslow. The growth of an idea. Text PDF

Chancellor, G. and John van Wyhe eds., Darwin's Beagle field notebooks.

Chancellor, G. et al 1988. Charles Darwin's Beagle Collections in the Oxford University Museum. Archives of Natural History. Text

Chancellor, G. Introduction to Darwin's Geological diary from the voyage of the Beagle.

Chancellor, J. 2007. FitzRoy's Beagle. [Previously unpublished manuscript c. 1980]. Introduction Text

Darwin, F. 1912. FitzRoy and Darwin, 1831-36. Nature 88 (12 February): 547-8. Text

Darwin, F. 1887. The appointment to the 'Beagle.' In The life and letters of Charles Darwin. Text

Harker, A. 1907. Notes on the rocks of the "Beagle" Collection. Geological Magazine. Text

Harker, A. c. 1907. Sedgwick Museum. Catalogue of the "Beagle" Collection of Rocks, made by Charles Darwin during the voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle", 1832-6. Introduction Image

Herbert, S. 1991. Charles Darwin as a prospective geological author. British Journal for the History of Science. Text PDF

Herbert, S. 1995. From Charles Darwin's portfolio: An early essay on South American geology and species. Earth Sciences History. Text PDF

Herbert, S. 1999. An 1830s View from Outside Switzerland: Charles Darwin on the "Beryl Blue" Glaciers of Tierra del Fuego. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. Text

Herbert, S. ed. 1980. The red notebook of Charles Darwin. Bulletin BMNH Text PDF

Herbert, S. et al 2009. Into the field again: re-examining Charles Darwin's 1835 geological work on Isla Santiago (James Island) in the Galápagos archipelago. Earth Sciences History. Text PDF

Hodge, J. 2009. Darwin, the Galapagos and his changing thoughts about species origins: 1835-1837. California Academy of Sciences. Text PDF

[Keynes, R. D. ed.] 1979. The journal of a voyage in H.M.S. Beagle by Charles Darwin. [Foreword by Prince Charles, Introduction by Keynes and crew list only.] PDF F1583b

Keynes, R. D. ed. 1979. The Beagle record. PDF F167c

Keynes, R. D. ed. 2000. Charles Darwin's zoology notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle. Text PDF

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

Linsley, E. G. & Usinger, R. L. 1966. Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33 (7): 113-196.   Text   

Macdonell, Anne. 1913. [Recollection of Darwin in Buenos Ayres]. In Reminiscences of diplomatic life. Text

Pasquarè, G. et al 2009. Charles Darwin geologist at Santiago (Cape Verde Islands): a field reappraisal. Acta Vulcanologica. Text

Pauly, Daniel. 2006. Introduction to Fish Part 4 of The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns

Pearson, P. N. 1996. Charles Darwin on the origin and diversity of igneous rocks. Earth Sciences History. Text

Porter, D. M. 1987. Darwin's notes on Beagle plants. Bulletin BMNH Text PDF

Porter, D. M. 1999. Charles Darwin's Chilean plant collections. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. Text

Revista: Darwin in Argentina. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. Text PDF

Richardson, Constance. 1933. Petrology of the Galapagos Islands. In Lawrence John Chubb, Geology of Galapagos, Cocos, and Easter Islands. Bernice B. Bishop Museum-Bulletin 110: 45-67.   Text   

Richardson, R. 1888. Darwin's geological work. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society. Text

Rookmaaker, Kees. Chronological register. In G. Chancellor and J. van Wyhe eds. Charles Darwin's notebooks from the voyage of the Beagle. Text

Rookmaaker, Kees. Concordance to Darwin's Beagle diaries and notebooks

Rookmaaker, Kees. Darwin's itinerary on the voyage of the Beagle.

Rookmaaker, Kees. The complete Beagle itinerary.

Rosen, B. 1982. Darwin, coral reefs, and global geology. BioScience. Text PDF

Smith, K. G. V. 1987. Darwin's insects: Charles Darwin's entomological notes, with an introduction and comments. Bulletin BMNH Text PDF

Smith, K. G. V. 1996. Supplementary notes on Darwin's insects. Archives of natural history. Text PDF

Stanbury, D. 1977. A narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. London: Folio Society. PDF F167a

Stanbury collection catalogue at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Steinheimer, F. D. 2004. Charles Darwin's bird collection and ornithological knowledge during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, 1831-1836. Journal of Ornithology. Text PDF

Stoddart, D. R. ed. 1962. Coral islands by Charles Darwin: with introduction, map and remarks. Atoll Research Bulletin. Text PDF

Sulloway, F. J. 1982. The Beagle collections of Darwin's finches (Geospizinae). Bulletin BMNH (Zool.). Text PDF

van Wyhe, John. 2012. Where do Darwin's finches come from? The evolutionary review 3, 1: 185-195.

van Wyhe, John. 2013 '"my appointment received the sanction of the Admiralty": Why Charles Darwin really was the naturalist on HMS Beagle'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 44, issue 3, (Sept.): 316-26.

 

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