Ref NoLDGSL/947/4/1/2
TitleGreenough's 'Rivers catalogue'
Date[1846-1850]
Date Notewmk 1840, but cites Thomas Milner's 'Gallery of Nature' (1846), date of other compilations
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
FormatDocument
DescriptionVolume entitled 'Catalogue Rivers', containing ink and pencil manuscript notes on rivers, their tributaries and characteristics, collated by George Bellas GREENOUGH, [1846-1850]. Includes lists of the rivers of the world and their length; notes on the Baltic, Black, Caspian and North Seas, the Atlantic Ocean and the Rhine and Thames

The volume is mostly blank, with loose notes and scraps within, notably a 'memoranda written from memory' by 'E.M.S.' on the Changes of the Course of the River Exe in 1817/1818, with a newscutting, [n.d.]
Administrative HistoryThe author may the same as found in: LDGSL/611
ProvenanceGreenough bequest
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameGREENOUGH | George Bellas | 1778-1855 | geologist
TermRivers
Oceans
Previous referenceLDGSL/949
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
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