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HMS Beagle surveys the coasts of South America. Painting by Conrad Martens

The Descent of Genius: Charles Darwin's Brilliant Career

Roy Porter | Published in History Today Volume 32 Issue 7 July 1982

What were the origins of Charles Darwin's particular species of genius?

‘A View of Sydney on Norfolk Island, 1792’. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Public Domain.

Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island

J.M. Moore | Published in History Today Volume 75 Issue 1 January 2025

As convicts celebrated Queen Victoria’s birthday on remote Norfolk Island, debates raged over the purpose of punishment and the merits of Alexander Maconochi