Letters of a young scientist: commented translation of the correspondence between Francisco de Arruda Furtado, Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker

This communication presents a commented translation of the correspondence between Francisco de Arruda Furtado (1854-1887) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) originally written in French and English. I also present a partial translated transcript of letters not yet published between Darwin and Joseph Dal...

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Autor: Navarro, Pedro de Lima
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Recursos:Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência (SBHC)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br:article/24
Acesso em linha:https://rbhciencia.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/24
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Correspondência científica
tradução científica
Francisco de Arruda Furtado
Charles Darwin
Joseph Hooker
scientific correspondence
scientific translation
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Resumo:This communication presents a commented translation of the correspondence between Francisco de Arruda Furtado (1854-1887) and Charles Darwin (1809-1882) originally written in French and English. I also present a partial translated transcript of letters not yet published between Darwin and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) that mention Furtado. Academically, these letters provide a snapshot of the naturalist’s craft in the 19th century, the importance of oceanic islands, in this case the Azores, as laboratories and workstations, and the vast network of postal contacts through which naturalists communicated. Furthermore, the letters show an inspiring relationship between a beginning Azorean naturalist and his idol, forty-five years older than him and a living legend of science.