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Ns Body Leaves SthelenaThe remains of Napoleon I are transferred to La Belle Poule and taken to France by the prince de Joinville, son of Louis-Philippe
Male St Helena giant earwigNamed in 1798 by the Danish zoologist Fabricus, Labidura herculeanais theworlds longest earwig speciesreaching up to 78mm in length including its forceps. Date: 1798
St HelenaIllustration (p.517) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Basalt tuff, collected by Dr Benza at a hillock just north of Napoleons Tomb, St Helena, c.1837. NHM specimen number: BM 861