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DARWIN Charles (1809 - 1882) - Origin of species, and Journey of a naturalist.

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DARWIN Charles (1809 - 1882) - Origin of species, and Journey of a naturalist.

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Charles DARWIN (1809-1882). L.A.S., London October 14, 1841, to Joseph-Paul Gaimard, Paris; 2 1/2 pages in-4, addressed; in English (creased paper, stains). Precious letter during the preparation of his book on coral reefs, Darwin's only known letter to Paul Gaimard (1793-1858), a member of the Astrolabe expedition commanded by Dumont d'Urville (1826-1829). [From 1832 to 1836, Charles Darwin visited South America and the Pacific Islands as a naturalist on Captain Fitzroy's expedition on the Beagle. From this important voyage, he brought back a wealth of documents and observations that formed the basis of his theory of evolution. Residing in London between 1839 and 1842, he devoted this period to writing his work on coral reefs (The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. Being the first part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, London, 1842). In this letter, Darwin asks his correspondent for information on the madreporic reefs of Vanikoro Island, explored a few years earlier by Dumont d'Urville during the voyage of the Astrolabe]. Darwin recalls that he accompanied Captain FitzRoy on his voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle, as a naturalist, and is almost ready to publish "a small volume on coral-formations" [The Structure and Distribution of coral reefs..., London, 1842]. He was keen to learn more about one aspect of the subject, and Gaimard's long-standing zeal for the natural sciences emboldened him to hope that he would oblige a collaborator in the same field. In M. Cordier's account of the geology of the voyage of the Astrolabe (vol. I, p. cxi), he writes of Vanikoro that the island is "surrounded by madreporic reefs which are assured to be of quite modern formation"... As I am extremely interested on this point & came to a nearly similar conclusion for the structure of the reef"), he would be grateful if Gaimard could inform him of the basis of M. Cordier's remark: the source of the information, and whether it rests on the traditions of the natives ("How the information was obtained, - whether it rests on the traditions of the natives?"). He asks Gaimard to reply quickly, as he is about to publish; he knows full well that his position does not allow him to disturb him...

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Sir Robin Darwin CBE RA, British 1910-1974 - Ham Spray, Wiltshire; oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Darwin', 63.5 x 76.5 cm (ARR) Provenance: Lady Darwin; with Fosse Gallery, John Lindsay Fine Art td., Gloucestershire; private collection, purchased 14th January 1984 and thence by descent (according to a copy of the original invoice)

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Charles Darwins First Published Contribution,

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

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