Scope and Contents This notebook contains short, individual indexes relating to Charles Lyell’s 13 notebooks [references Coll-203/A1/185-197] on his geological travels around Madeira and the Canary Islands, covering his arrival in Madeira in 1853 through to his manuscripts and letters created back in London in late 1854. The first page details his route through the islands, by year and place, with the corresponding Scientific Notebook given. Each individual Scientific Notebook from 185-197 is then also...

Transcription note: This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. This notebook begins January 16th, 1854, covering both Madeira and the Azores archipelago. Specific areas of note include Boaventura, Ponte la Grande, Ponte De Serra, São Jorge, Faial Island, Ribeiro Frio, Arrebentão, Pontinha, Piedade, and Paul da Serra. This notebook primarily focuses on the geological features and...

Transcription note: This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, and in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. Specific areas of note include Cape Girão, Curral [das Freiras], Pico Serado, Torrinhas, Pico do Cardo, Casa Branca, Pico da Cruz, Pico Grande, Pico do Jorge, Pico Ruivo, and Serradinho. This notebook primarily focuses on the geological features and formations Lyell saw across Madeira and includes a vast number of...