Azores
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
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Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores, 1881-07-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 114b
Scope and Contents
Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores
(Letter)
Dates:
1881-07-29
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Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores, 1881-06-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 114c
Scope and Contents
Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores
(Letter)
Dates:
1881-06-13
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Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores damaged, 1881-08-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 159: 114d
Scope and Contents
Letter from Francisco d'Arruda Furtado to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Azores damaged
(Letter)
Dates:
1881-08-17
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Log entries for July and 1 August, 1775-07-01 - 1775-08-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/58: 180-186
Scope and Contents
Log entries for the return journey, travelling via Fayal [Faial] in the Azores to Spithead, near Plymouth, where the ship anchored on 29 July. Entries for the 13-18 July record that when the ship anchored in Fayal Bay Wales went on shore with his instruments to take observations by which he found that the watch was too fast for mean time; he goes on to say that he had a troublesome job of adjusting the instrument [RGO 14/58: 183-183v]. The final entries after landing at Spithead recount how...
Dates:
1775-07-01 - 1775-08-01
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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
Scope and Contents
Arguments against Atlantis
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1856-02-26
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NS I Glacial Period-24 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 50: E33
Scope and Contents
It is Lepus variabilis & not glacialis which inhabits Alps
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; on reverse of printed unconfirmed minutes of Royal Society Council meeting 17 April
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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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
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NS II Means of distribution-106 Note, 1854-11-01 - 1854-11-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 108r
Scope and Contents
The leading character of volcanic isld is isolation
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1854-11-01 - 1854-11-30
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The most remarkable species in range extracted from Mr Watson's list of Azores plants, 1856-04-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 73: 67
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1856-04-03
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