RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Eyres Travels. CUL-DAR205.4.78. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10. 2021. 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-DAR205.4 contains notes on geographical distribution and species.
Darwin recorded in 'Books to be read / Books Read' notebook Text CUL-DAR119.- on 20 May 1847.
Edward John Eyre. 1845. Journals of Expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in 1840-1, etc. 2 volumes. London: T. and W. Boone.
The brown crayon number '20' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: plants.
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Eyres Travels. Vol 2. [p. 14] First met a Banksia stunted & other plants & parrots of W. Australia, after having crossed great desert of S. Australia - the desert separates the 2 vegetations evidently
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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