Specimen jars containing fish from Charles Darwin's Beagle Voyage around the world 1831-36 on display at the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK
Specimen jars containing fish from Charles Darwin's Beagle Voyage circumnavigating the globe 1831-36 on display at the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK. Charles Darwin was an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge. During his famous voyage on the Beagle, he regularly sent back specimens to his old teacher, Professor Henslow. Some of these specimens, including some of the famous Galapagos finches, found their way to the University Museum of Zoology. After Darwin’s return from the voyage, he lodged in Cambridge while he arranged for specimens to be studied and described for publication by the experts of the day. Many of the fish specimens were subsequently transferred to the Museum. After Darwin’s death, his family gave some invertebrate specimens remaining from the voyage.
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Location: Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Photo credit: © Andy Soloman / Alamy / Afripics
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