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Charles Darwin and the Falkland Islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Richard Grove
Richard Grove
Affiliation:
Darwin College, Cambridge
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Abstract

Charles Darwin's notes, diary entries and letters covering visits to southern South America and the Falkland Islands in 1833 and 1834 throw light on the revolutionary events of the time. His notes also contain the first indication of an evolutionary concept, suggested by the endemic flora and fauna of the Falklands, which guided his later observations on the Galapagos Islands and lead ultimately to his theory of evolution by natural selection.

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Polar Record , Volume 22 , Issue 139 , January 1985 , pp. 413 - 420
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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