Madrid
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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Cárlos Darwin 'Imparcial', 1882-04-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 138.1: 205a
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Madrid
(Printed)
Dates:
1882-04-21
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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Darwin 'Liberal', 1882-04-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 138.1: 205b
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Madrid
(Printed)
Dates:
1882-04-21
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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Letter and proposal from Don Josef de Porras y Ruiz, 1784-12-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 97-109
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Letter and proposal, with a related letter from Mr Fraser who forwarded the papers to Sir Harry Parker.
Dates:
1784-12-23
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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Letter from Don Josef de Porras y Ruiz, 1783-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/42: 12-28
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effects of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1783-08-18
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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Letter from F. Amoros and F. de Gilleman, 'officiers du Ministere de la Guerre', Madrid, 1803-08-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/187/36: 1-2
Scope and Contents
The letter conveys observations of a solar eclipse made by Ali-Beik Abd-Allah at Tangier on 16 August 1803.
Dates:
1803-08-22
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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Letter from Institucion Libre de Ensenanza, Madrid, to Charles Robert Darwin conferring award of honorary professorship, 16 Jan. 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 230: 58
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
This class comprises correspondence relating to the presentation of various diplomas and awards to Charles Darwin. The physical certificates are listed under DAR 229.
Dates:
16 Jan. 1878
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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Letter from Institucion Libre de Ensenanza to Charles Robert Darwin conferring award of honorary professorship, 28 Nov. 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 230: 69
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
This class comprises correspondence relating to the presentation of various diplomas and awards to Charles Darwin. The physical certificates are listed under DAR 229.
Dates:
28 Nov. 1878
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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Letters from observatories, 1860 - 1863
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/147
Scope and Contents
Letters from various British and international observatories on filling vacancies, new equipment and the new observatory at Williamstown, Victoria. The correspondents include C. Todd, R.C. Carrington, J. Challis, C.P. Smyth, R. Grant, W. Lassell, N.R. Pogson, J.M. Gillis, W.S. Jacobs and R.L.J. Ellery. There is also a report on the Glasgow Observatory by R. Grant; a report on the Liverpool Observatory by J. Hartrup; a Spanish account by R.R. de Sousa Pinto on the Madrid, Paris, Brussels and...
Dates:
1860 - 1863
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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Noticias: Cárlos Roberto Darwin 'Dia', 1882-04-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 138.1: 206a
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Madrid
(Printed)
Dates:
1882-04-21
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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Sketches of islands 'discovered', rough calculations and tables, 1791 - 1792
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/62: 71*r-150v
Scope and Contents
Set of rough astronomical calculations, with tables, notes, and sketches of islands ‘discovered’; the islands are unnamed, although reference points are sometimes given, such as ‘Island A’ [RGO 14/62: 141*v], or ‘Bay at C’ [RGO 14/62: 79v]. Interspersed among the notes are occasional doodles by Gooch [RGO 14/62: 88v], [RGO 14/62: 124r], and translations of [Polynesian] words [RGO 14/62: 124r], [RGO 14/62: 126-127], [RGO 14/62: 141*v].
Some pages are inverted in the volume.
Dates:
1791 - 1792
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).