RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Capt. Moresby informs me that the Nicobar Islds have no wild animals. CUL-DAR205.3.67. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
"Moresby, Sir Fairfax, 1786-1877. Naval Officer. 1845 Apr. 6 'Captain Moresby informs me that in the Chagos archipelago in the same ocean, the natives, by a horrible process, take the shell from a living turtle.' Journal, p. 459. 1865 GCB." Paul van Helvert and John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.
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Capt. Moresby informs me that the Nicobar Islds have no wild animals
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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