Reiss, Wilhelm, 1838-1908 (German geologist and explorer)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Johnson, James Yate to Charles Lyell, bulk: 2 February 1860
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/147
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'J.Y. Johnson Madeira Po da Cruz leaves'.
Additional details: Notes from J Y Johnson on receiving Lyell's memoir of Etna, asking after Lyell's memoir of Madeira. Mentions his own progress on leaf identification in the area of Porto da Cruz and mentions his discoveries in reference to others like Brown, Reiss, and Hartung and their work going on in Sao Gorge and Valley of Furnas.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2 February 1860
Madeira and Canaries Notebook, 2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A4/2
Scope and Contents
Small red leather soft cover notebook, marbled end papers, paginated in handwritten ink. Front cover marked as 'Madeira & Canaries'.This notebook records discussions, reading, drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) made whilst with Hartung at Swingenberg, Germany, and working through the Canary Islands publication, making revisions or notes, especially on volcanoes, lava slopes, elevations and upheaval. Many pages written in pencil. Blank from page 89 onwards. ...
Dates:
2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859