Plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin to be unveiled to the public

Specimens collected on Voyage of the Beagle have been in Cambridge University archive for nearly 200 years

Plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the Voyage of the Beagle have been found in an archive in Cambridge University.

The rare specimens – which have been stored in the archives of the Cambridge University Herbarium for nearly 200 years – were given by Darwin to his teacher and friend, Prof John Stevens Henslow, the founder of Cambridge University Botanic Garden.