Description | Two copies of the map 'Geognostik karta ofver Medlersta och Sodra Delarne av Sverige' [Geognostic map over the middle and southern parts of Sweden], by William Hisinger, engraved by C Anderson, [1834]. Publisher's geological colouring. Scale-1:800,000. Dissected on cloth.
1) Labelled 'Sweden Hisinger's (geol:cold) and an immense quantity of Geol Notes geological in the is map the heights are not represented'. Copious pencil notes by George Bellas Greenough, [1834-1854], mostly listing fossils. Greenough no.1156.
2) Labelled 'Hisinger's Geognostik karta ofver Medlersta och Sodra Delarne af Sverige'. Annotated with two tables by Greenough, listing the areas of Chalk and Greensand, which he has dated April 1854. On the back of the map are Greenough's usual listing of lakes, rivers, etc. Greenough no.1182 |
Administrative History | The second copy is marked with geological periods, such as 'Upper Silurian'. |