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Canary Islands

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

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From Florence Maitland, Los Frailes, Tafoia, Grand Canary, 20 Jan. 1907 (Circa, no year given)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8130/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The following letters were written by Professor and Mrs. Maitland to Dr. Josef Redlich of Vienna, author of 'Local government in England' (published in German 1901, in English 1903) and 'The procedure of the House of Commons' (published in German 1905, in English 1908). They mostly concern an essay by Maitland on English trusts and corporations for a Germanic readership, which Redlich offered to translate. They also contain references to Maitland's health, his thanks for German publications...
Dates: 20 Jan. 1907 (Circa, no year given)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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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From F.W. Maitland, Léon y Castillo 5, Telde, Grand Canary, 10 Jan. 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8130/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The following letters were written by Professor and Mrs. Maitland to Dr. Josef Redlich of Vienna, author of 'Local government in England' (published in German 1901, in English 1903) and 'The procedure of the House of Commons' (published in German 1905, in English 1908). They mostly concern an essay by Maitland on English trusts and corporations for a Germanic readership, which Redlich offered to translate. They also contain references to Maitland's health, his thanks for German publications...
Dates: 10 Jan. 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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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From F.W. Maitland, Léon y Castillo 5, Telde, Grand Canary, 20 Jan. 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8130/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The following letters were written by Professor and Mrs. Maitland to Dr. Josef Redlich of Vienna, author of 'Local government in England' (published in German 1901, in English 1903) and 'The procedure of the House of Commons' (published in German 1905, in English 1908). They mostly concern an essay by Maitland on English trusts and corporations for a Germanic readership, which Redlich offered to translate. They also contain references to Maitland's health, his thanks for German publications...
Dates: 20 Jan. 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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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From F.W. Maitland, Léon y Castillo 5, Telde, Grand Canary, 18 Mar. 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8130/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The following letters were written by Professor and Mrs. Maitland to Dr. Josef Redlich of Vienna, author of 'Local government in England' (published in German 1901, in English 1903) and 'The procedure of the House of Commons' (published in German 1905, in English 1908). They mostly concern an essay by Maitland on English trusts and corporations for a Germanic readership, which Redlich offered to translate. They also contain references to Maitland's health, his thanks for German publications...
Dates: 18 Mar. 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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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Joint Organization for Solar Observations, 1975 - 1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 13/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers relating to the Joint Organization for Solar Observations, including reports of Board meetings and on various other subjects, and several drafts of a Science Research Council paper on 'Possible Basis for Negotiation of an International Convention on Co-operation in Astrophysics Research in the Canary Islands'.

Dates: 1975 - 1976
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 John Barrow to Dr Thomas Young, 1819-03-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 310
Scope and Contents

Originally enclosing the observations by Thomas Hedgcock at [RGO 14/35: 306-309].

Dates: 1819-03-02
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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Memo on Madeira and Canaries, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/974
Scope and Contents

A copy of a memorandum prepared by Bennet McInnes for the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee entitled 'Comparison of Observing Conditions in Madeira and in the Canary Islands', 8 May 1974.

Dates: 1974
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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Note of observations of the true altitude of the star Regulus, 1819

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 623
Scope and Contents

The observations were taken between 28 January and 14 February 1819 from the merchant brig Nancy of London, which was on a voyage to the Canary Islands, with Benjamin Stacey as master. The note was made by the ship's charterer.

Dates: 1819
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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NS II Distribution of animals-117 Note, 1853-02-01 - 1853-02-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.3: 152r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1853-02-01 - 1853-02-28
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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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
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

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
Scope and Contents

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-17 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.4: 19
Scope and Contents

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 Instinct, change in habit-77 Note, 1858-09-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.11: 82r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1858-09-05
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-146 Note, 1856-12-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 148r
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As I see there are certainly naked Mollusca (2 spec[ies]) on Canaries Isd & a black slug on Feroe


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1856-12-10
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-164 Note, 1858-04-01 - 1858-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 167r
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Letter from Wollaston to Lyell / Is vehement that Madeira & Canary group part of one region


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1858-04-01 - 1858-04-30
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-166 Note, 1858-09-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 169r
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Mr Wollaston very strong on many identical species (not many vars) & same forms in Canaries


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


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Dates: 1858-09-05
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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Observations from Thomas Hedgcock, 1818 - 1819

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/35: 306-309
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From a voyage of the Brig Nancy, under Master Benjamin Stacey, sailing from Ramsgate to the Canary Islands between 1 December 1818 and 28 January 1819.

Dates: 1818 - 1819
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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Papers of Planning Committee meetings, 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1088
Scope and Contents

The agenda and papers for the fourth meeting of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee on 21 December 1972; the minutes of the previous meeting of 19 October; and a 'Report on Visit to the Canary Islands' by Merle F. Walker.

Dates: 1972
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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Report on Canary Island site testing, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/970
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A copy of a report by Bennet McInnes, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and Merle F. Walker, Lick Observatory, on 'Astronomical Site Testing in the Canary Islands', 14 March 1974.

Dates: 1974
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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Report on Canary Island sites, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/942
Scope and Contents

A copy of the report by K.O. Kiepenheuer and W. Schellenberger, Fraunhofer Institut, Freiburg, L. Staveland, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo, entitled 'The Autumn 1971 Site Testing Campaign at Canary Islands (Oct. 7 - Nov. 3, 1971)'. The reports recommends that further studies be made at Tamburiente, La Palma, and at Pico Viejo, Tenerife.

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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Webb & Berthelot Canary Islands / Genera with 5 sp[ecies] & upwards / genera with 4 species / genera with 3 2 & 1 species (table), 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 16: 194-198
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Note; by [unidentified] pp 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.