Subject Lists

See an overview of all papers associated with areas of study by Darwin.
Chart of Southern South America by Charles Darwin
Chart of Southern South America. Printed; by J Gardner watercoloured in with descriptive captions of rock types by Charles Darwin; annotated on reverse 'p 94' [DAR: 44. 13] 
Courtesy of Cambridge University Library

Subject lists provide a way to browse—in a coordinated overview—all the documents on a topic or category that was a particular focus of Darwin’s science. These catalogues are especially useful since for most Darwin subjects, the totality of extant documents is made up of varied types (manuscripts, books, specimens) that are found in widely scattered parts of the Cambridge and Down House archive or elsewhere.

Beagle

Botany

Humans

German Books

Pigeons