To H. W. Bates 20 April [1876]1
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April 20th
My dear Bates
I shd. be greatly obliged to you if you could answer 4 questions.— Perhaps Mr. Rye2 wd be so very kind as to aid you or undertake the task. Prof. Victor Carus is translating into German my book on Coral Reefs & says he cannot find the proper Title & Date of publication of some books to which I ⟨ ⟩ & which I ⟨ ⟩ some 30–40 years ago at the Geographical Soc. or at the Admiralty.3 I refer to a “Memoir on the Pacific, Appendix 1835 by Adm. Krusenstern” It is clear that I here refer in English to some book: what is real Title?—4
Secondly, I frequently refer to “Freycinets Hydrographical Memoir”, & V. Carus asks, “is this, Vol 8th of his Voyage autour du Monde … sur l’Uranie et la Physicienne?” I cannot remember, but rather think there is a separate Hydrographical work. by Freycinet.—5
Thirdly I refer to the charts of the Natunas & Anambas, island published in the “Voyage of the Favourite”, & V. Carus asks whether I refer to La Place’s “Voyage de la Favorite”? Do you know of any voyage of the Favourite: I think that I remember consulting La Place.—6
Fourthly & lastly was there a voyager of the name of Surville I refer to such in reference to the Salomon Isld.— V. Carus thinks it is misprint for D’Urville; which I do not believe.7 Can you forgive me & aid me?
Yours most truly | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Coral reefs 2d ed.: The structure and distribution of coral reefs. By Charles Darwin. Revised edition. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1874.
Freycinet, Louis de. 1824–44. Voyage autour du monde: entrepris par ordre du roi. 8 vols in 10. Plates, 4 vols. Paris: Pillet aîné.
Krusenstern, Adam Johann von. 1835. Supplémens au recueil de mémoires hydrographiques: publiés en 1826 et 1827, pour servir d’analyse et d’explication à l’Atlas de l’Océan Pacifique. St Petersburg: De l’Impr. de A. Pluchart.
Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Théodore. 1833–9. Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l’Inde et de Chine : exécuté sur la corvette de l’état la Favorite pendant les années 1830, 1831 et 1832, sous le commandement de M. Laplace. 5 vols, with Atlas hydrographique, and Album historique. Paris: Imprimerie royale.
Summary
Asks for information he needs for the German translation [of Coral reefs], including correct titles of reference books and the name of a voyager.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5066
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Walter Bates
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5066,” accessed on 11 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5066.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24