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Porto Santo

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

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I think it a proof that a species very closely allied as P[orto] Santo species would not tend to spread in Madeira, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 197.2: 6r
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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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.
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NS I Chap 4-47 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 62r
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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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.
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NS I Chap 4-101 Note, 1861-07-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 45: 131r
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1861-07-30
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.
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NS I Continental Extensions-3 Note, 1856-02-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: D12-D13
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Arguments against Atlantis


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-02-26
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.
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NS II Distribution of animals-119 Note, 1855-12-01 - 1855-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.3: 154
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1855-12-01 - 1855-12-31
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.
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NS II Distribution of animals-175 Note, 1861-07-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.3: 222r
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1861-07-31
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.
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NS II Geographical distribution and species-55 Note, 1855-03-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 68r
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1855-03-25
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.
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NS II Means of distribution-130 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 132
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From greater size of workshops continental products will always tend to beat insular


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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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.
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NS II Means of distribution-162 Note, 1858-11-01 - 1858-11-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 165r
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The non-migrating of flora & fauna of 2 corners of Australia is like land-shells of P[orto] Santo not mingling - all case of diversity required for naturalisation / 18


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1858-11-01 - 1858-11-30
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.
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-288 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 336r
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On reflection I certainly think that var[ieties] must be produced in many spots of widely extended areas of varying species


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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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.
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NS II Rudimentary Organs-59 Note, 1856-06-01 - 1856-06-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.1: 61
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-06-01 - 1856-06-30
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.
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Report on Atlantic Island sites, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/941
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A copy of report by P.N. Brandt and K.O. Keipenheuer entitled 'Inspections of the atlantic islands TENERIFE, MADEIRA and PORTO SANTO, first meteorological measurements at Tenerife', March 1971, in which they conclude that Tenerife would be the most favourable site for an observatory.

Dates: 1971
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).
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Wollaston T V [notes on a conversation], 1856-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 197.2: 1-4
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-04-28
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.
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Wollaston T V [notes on a conversation], 1856-05-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 197.2: 5
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-05-08
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.