Ref NoLDGSL/947/6/T/7
TitleGeological colouring on map 'Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les isles de Cuba Espagnole, Jamaique...'
Date[?1757]
[?1820s]
Date NoteBasemap taken from similar map in the Library of Congress; colouring based on terminology
LevelItem
Extent1 sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionMap 'Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les isles de Cuba Espagnole, Jamaique...' by Pierre Mortier, [?1757]. Small patches of colouring on Mexico [marked as 'primitive'], the islands in the Caribbean ['chalk' or 'volcanic'] with a few notes on sources by George Bellas GREENOUGH, [?1820s.] Scale-1:6,000,000, 61cm x 102cm. Dissected on cloth.
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
Previous referenceLDGSL/1008/174
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
Places
CodePlaceName
NA388Central America
NA389South America
NA249Mexico
NA148Jamaica
NA308Antilles
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