From: Wilhelm HI Bleek (18 September 1868)

From: Wilhelm HI Bleek (18 September 1868)

Correspondence

A letter in German from Wilhelm Bleek to his cousin Ernst Haeckel, sent from Cape Town on 18 September 1868. Bleek directs Haeckel to Mr DJ May, who is commanding a ship researching the ocean floor for the English government and may have the material Haeckel needs. He describes meeting May in 1854 during the Niger-Tshadda expedition and gives biographical details. Bleek enquires after "On the Origin of the Language" and notes Haeckel's publication on the origin of the human species.

18 September 1868

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1. The copied letter includes a transcription and a partial English translation. 2. The translator notes that the original letter is illegible in places; the translation ends abruptly and seems incomplete. 3. Bleek wrote a letter introducing Haeckel to May on the same day as this letter [see C12.6].