Ref NoLDGSL/1008/114
TitleMap 'Charte von Steiermark'
Date[1840s]
LevelItem
Extent1 sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionGeological colouring by George Bellas Greenough after Wilhelm Haidinger, [1840s] on base map 'Charte von Steiermark', engraved by F Mueller, published by Artaria & Co, [c.1800]. Titled by Greenough: 'Kindermann's Stiria'. Scale-1:500,000. Dissected on cloth.
Administrative HistoryWilhelm Haidinger's map 'Geognostische Uibersichts Karte der Oesterreichischen Monarchie' which belonged to Greenough, was published in 1845. The other maps cited by Greenough are: Sedgwick, A & R I Murchison, "A Sketch of the Structure of the Eastern Alps; with Sections through the Newer Formations on the Northern Flanks of the Chain, and through the Tertiary Deposits of Styria, &c. &c.", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', Series 2, Vol 3 (1832), pp 301-420; the other was a map prepared by Franz von Hauslab (1798-1883) under the direction of Archduke John of Austria and given to the Society on 26 January 1831. This map is no longer in the collection.
ProvenanceGreenough bequest
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageGerman
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameGREENOUGH | George Bellas | 1778-1855 | geologist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
DS/UK/337HAIDINGER; Wilhelm Karl Ritter (1795-1871); mineralogist, geologist and physicist1795-1871
Places
CodePlaceName
NA40Austria
NA370Slovenia
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