Ref NoLDGSL/947/6/H/1
TitleGeological colouring on Delarochette's 'Scandia or Scandinavia comprehending Sweden and Norway with the Danish Islands...'
Date1794
[1828-1847]
Date NoteThe colouring of the map bears similarities to LDGSL/947/6/H/2 and is therefore given a similar upper date span
LevelItem
Extent1 sheet
FormatMap/section
DescriptionGeological colouring, with key, and notes by George Bellas Greenough, [1828-1847], on base map 'Scandia or Scandinavia comprehending Sweden and Norway with the Danish Islands, to which is added the remainder of the possessions of Denmark', by L S Delarochette, engraved by W Palmer, published by William Faden, 1794. Scale-1:3,000,000. Dissected on cloth. Greenough no. 1137.
Administrative HistoryBibliographic references on the map includes: Leopold von Buch 'Travels through Norway and Lapland, during the years 1806, 1807, and 1808' (1813); Nicolas Desmarest, 'Encyclopédie méthodique. Géographie-physique' (1811); Alexandre Brongniart "Notice sur des blocs de roches des terrains de transport en Suède", Annales des Sciences naturelles, vol XIV (1828); 'Knorr' which may be G W Knorr & J E I Walch, 'Recueil de monumens des catastrophes que le globe de terre a éssuiées, contenant des petrifactions et d'autres pierres curieuses, dessinées, gravées et eluminées, d'aprés les originaux'(1768-1778).
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
FADEN | William | 1749-1836 | engraver and cartographer
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
DS/UK/804FADEN; William (1749-1836); engraver and cartographer1749-1836
DS/UK/61BUCH; Christian Leopold Freiherr von (1774-1853); geologist and palaeontologist1774-1853
Places
CodePlaceName
NA355Scandinavia
NA46Sweden
NA39Norway
NA247Denmark
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