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Isle of Wight

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

A journal of the situation of HMS Providence at noon during her late voyage on discoveries, 1795-10-11 - 1797-05-16

Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/68: 139-145
Scope and Contents

As shown by the log, by Mr Earnshaw's three timekeepers, by Mr Arnold's two timekeepers, and also by lunar observations. The journal includes a summary of the latitudes and longitudes of 'most of the remarkable places seen in the voyage' [RGO 14/68: 145v].

Dates: 1795-10-11 - 1797-05-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Correspondence and related papers regarding observations made on voyages of discovery / Observations and related papers from a voyage of HMS Providence
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Crossed 12 fl[owers] (white thread) of long-styled Pulmonaria [angustifolia] [from] Isle of Wight, 1865-04-19

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A56
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1865-04-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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I raised from short-styled Pulmonaria from I[sle] of Wight by own pollen (long-styled with d[itt]o is quite sterile) 18 plants & of these 13 have proved short-styled & 5 long-styled / Pulmonaria angustifolia, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A59
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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Invertebrates-65 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 81: 117
Scope and Contents

Get Isle of Wight number of the Locustidae


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at B[ritish] Mus[eum]


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants' / 'Descent of man' first edition: sections relating to 'Sexual selection' and 'Invertebrates'
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Letter from Charles Robert Darwin to George Henry Lewes; written at Isle of Wight typed transcription donated by Lady (Emma) Nora Barlow née Darwin, 1868-08-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 221.4: 223
Scope and Contents

Letter from Charles Robert Darwin to George Henry Lewes; written at Isle of Wight typed transcription donated by Lady (Emma) Nora Barlow née Darwin


(Letter)

Dates: 1868-08-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / Correspondence and papers relating to the accession of the Darwin manuscripts, and copies of various Darwin papers / Photostats, and photographs of C. R. Darwin scientific MSS
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Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Isle of Wight, 1889-04-02

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 258: 1098
Scope and Contents

Letter from Ida Darwin née Emma Cecilia Farrer to Ruth Rees-Thomas née Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Letter)

Dates: 1889-04-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / Papers of Horace Darwin and his descendants
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Letter from William Freeman Daniell to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight, 1856-10-08 - 1856-11-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 223
Scope and Contents

Letter from William Freeman Daniell to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Letter)

Dates: 1856-10-08 - 1856-11-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Means of distribution
 Series

Letter from William Gooch [to his parents], 1791-08-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.6.48: 61-62
Scope and Contents

Continuing his account of the ship's arrival into Portsmouth and describing a meeting with Mrs and Miss Smithson. The letter includes a silhouette of Rev. R. Belward of Caius College, Cambridge.

Dates: 1791-08-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Collection: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS Mm.6.48, Letters, memoranda and journal containing the history of Mr William Gooch / Letters from William Gooch / Letters from William Gooch to his parents, William and Sarah Gooch
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-117 Note, 1841-12-01 - 1841-12-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 132r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1841-12-01 - 1841-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Palaeontology, geology
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-238 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 265r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Palaeontology, geology
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NS II Variation, varieties-81 Note, 1856-04-01 - 1856-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.10: 82
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1856-04-01 - 1856-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Origin of species': portfolios II / Variation, varieties
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Pulmonaria / 21 seeds of this plant taken either from sh[ort] or long-styled plant, 1809-07-01 - 1882-09-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 78: 64r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Note)

Dates: 1809-07-01 - 1882-09-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Cross and self fertilisation': portfolios / 'Cross and self fertilisation': experimental results, continued / Experimental results, continued: 'Original measurement of crossed & self fertilised plants'
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Pulmonaria angustifolia / General Results of Unions, 1864-07-01 - 1864-07-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A54-A55
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Note)

Dates: 1864-07-01 - 1864-07-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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Pulmonaria / angustifolia / in kitchen garden compared 3 flowers of both kinds long st[yled] largest corolla (mem W[illia]m), 1864-05-06

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A51
Scope and Contents

Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Note)

Dates: 1864-05-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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Pulmonaria angustifolia / Long-styled / Short-styled [numbers of flowers], 1864-04-01 - 1864-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A44
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Isle of Wight


(Note)

Dates: 1864-04-01 - 1864-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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Pulmonaria [from] Isle of Wight under net set no seeds this year, 1865-05-27

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A57
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1865-05-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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Pulmonaria officinalis by pollen of I[sle] of Wight species, 1866-03-01 - 1866-03-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A58
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1866-03-01 - 1866-03-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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William / number of Plants [with diagrams], 1864-05-01 - 1864-05-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A41-A42
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1864-05-01 - 1864-05-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Heterostyly, experimental crosses
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W[illiam] sent me fl[owers] of Rhamnus catharticus from Is of W, 1866-06-19

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 109: A41
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1866-06-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS DAR, Darwin Archive / 'Forms of flowers' portfolios and relate journal articles / 'Forms of flowers': notes, continued / Experimental materials, 1841-1877

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