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DCP-LETT-752

From:
George Brettingham Sowerby; Edward Forbes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 May 1844
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: B1–2
Summary:

[Recto is a list of Galapagos shells, by island, signed GBS. Verso is another list of shells in EF’s hand.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-939

From:
George Brettingham Sowerby
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1846]
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 5
Summary:

Note on editorial details concerning names of fossil shells [for South America, appendix]. The Latin for "Darwin" is "Darvinius".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-943

From:
George Brettingham Sowerby
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1846
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 1c–2
Summary:

Describes his reasoning in classifying CD’s Turritella ambulacrum specimens into two sorts. GBS holds that distinguishing characters, whether of species or varieties, should always be noticed. [See South America, appendix, pl. III, fig. 49.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-949

From:
George Brettingham Sowerby
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Feb 1846
Source of text:
DAR 43.1: 3–4
Summary:

Gives his opinion on the tropical character of fossil shells listed by CD. The shells of Navidad [Chile] are not particularly tropical.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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