Hooker 's survey of hitherto unexplored regions , the Himalayan Journals was published in 1854 . Hooker 's survey of hitherto unexplored regions , the Himalayan Journals , dedicated to Charles Darwin , was published by the Calcutta Trigonometrical Survey Office in 1854 , abbreviated again in 1855 and later by ( The Minerva Library of Famous Books ) Ward , Lock , Bowden & Co. , 1891 .