title: Archibald Menzies on Albemarle Island, Galápagos archipelago, 7 February 1795.
abstract: Menzies made the earliest extant botanical collections in the Galápagos; five sheets, representing three endemic species, are known. Menzies's own account of the visit is also extant and is transcribed here from his manuscript journal.
authors.affiliation: Society for the History of Natural History, UK.
authors.forename: E Charles
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Duncan M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D001901:Botany / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D004484:Ecuador / Q000208:ethnology; D005843:Geography / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic / Q000266:history; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014195:Travel / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica