Ref NoLDGSL/702
TitleDaniel Sharpe's Geological map of Scotland
Date[1852]
LevelFile
Extent1 very large map in case
FormatMap/section
DescriptionGeological colouring on a map of Scotland by Daniel SHARPE [and probably George Bellas GREENOUGH], [1852]. Base map is 'A map of Scotland divided into counties shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, canals, lochs, mountains, islands, etc', drawing by F A Carrington and G W Carrington, engraved by I Dower, etched by T Harwood and published by Samuel Lewis and Co, [1846]. Scale: 5 miles to an inch. 133 x 193cm
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Administrative HistoryAt the Council Meeting of 23 July 1851, a committee headed by George Bellas Greenough, was tasked with assessing the Society's Map collection holdings and make suggestions to improve their availability for the Fellows. One of the recommendations of the report on 17 December 1851 was that a copy of Lewis' Map of Scotland by purchased and a further committee existing of Greenough and Daniel Sharpe should undertake its geological colouring.

The minutes of Council and the annotation on the map indicates that it was solely the work of Daniel Sharpe and therefore has been historically catalogued as such. However there are a number of draft versions in the Greenough collection which were presumably created as part of this project. A fair copy version (LDGSL/947/6/C/5) on the same base map uses a slightly different colour scheme, ie gneiss is pink on that map, but yellow on this final version.
ProvenancePresented by Sharpe, 19 January 1853, in the Council Minutes it states that it was coloured solely by Sharpe.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteSource: see reports of the Anniversary Meetings for 1852-1853, published in the 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vols 9-10 (1852-1853). Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameSHARPE | Daniel | fl 1829-1856 | geologist
GREENOUGH | George Bellas | 1778-1855 | geologist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/111SHARPE; Daniel (1806-1856); geologist1806-1856
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
Places
CodePlaceName
NA67Scotland
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