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Re:Josiah Wedgwood by timClicks on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:42PM (#19071721)
Fascinating. I've always assumed that the expeditions were funded by patrons. That never really seemed right to be though, because Charles Darwin wasn't very sociable IIRC.
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Re:Josiah Wedgwood by mannykannot on Sunday February 03, 2019 @04:57PM (#19072489)
The voyage itself was funded by the British Admiralty, for the purpose of a hydrographical survey, but Darwin's presence on it was privately funded.
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