From:
James Dwight Dana
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 69: A71–2
Summary:
Thanks CD for Coral reefs [2d ed. (1874)].
JDD will correct his misunderstanding of CD on one point in the next edition of his book [Corals and coral islands].
Suggests CD consult Charles Wilkes’s Narrative [1844] for more accurate observations on Pacific islands.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
