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Darwin Letter Friday

By CambridgeBlog ⋅ August 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

August 29, 2008 Daddy! I wanna go on the boat! The fateful decision is made September 1: Charles Darwin will indeed sail on the Beagle. Here’s some back-and-forth between Charles, his father, and Francis Beaufort, British Royal Navy Captain and hydrographer. Beaufort approved Darwin for the voyage, and his Wikipedia entry alone is testament to [...]

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