oct 4, 1837 - Charles Darwin returns home to Shrewsbury, England

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After 5 years of travelling and investigating, Darwin had taken 3000 pages of travel notes collected, 1529 species and 3907 skins creating 12 catalogs of animals and plants.

Back in England Darwin had become himself a major attraction. Everybody wanted to know something about his experiences and observations of the world animals and plants. Darwin gave many speeches and and searched for scientist that could help him in his evaluation of his collection and notes.

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