To John Washington 14 October [1839]
Summary
Returns proof-sheets of an article he has reviewed for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. He will find it useful when he comes to describe the Cordilleras of Chile.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
Date: | 14 Oct [1839] |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-536 |
To John Washington [14 October 1839]
Summary
Returns proofs of J. O. French’s article ["Account of the province of La Rioja: S. America", J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 381–406].
Gratified by Humboldt’s praise of Journal of researches [J. R. Geogr. Soc. 9 (1839): 502].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
Date: | [14 Oct 1839] |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-537 |
To John Washington 1 November [1839]
Summary
CD thinks report of a rock imbedded in an iceberg is remarkable; wants to write a note for the [Journal] about it. Asks for location of the sighting and a chart of the Antarctic Sea. [See "Rock seen on an iceberg", Collected papers 1: 137–9.]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
Date: | 1 Nov [1839] |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-544 |
To John Washington, Secretary, Royal Geographical Society 16 May 1840
Summary
Has much pleasure "in accepting the honour of being proposed as a member of the Council of the Geographical Society".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Washington; Royal Geographical Society |
Date: | 16 May 1840 |
Classmark: | Royal Geographical Society |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-568 |
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