Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881
Scope and Contents
First proof copy of an article by Sir Archibald Geikie on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History' from printers Clay, Sons and Taylor, for Macmillan the publisher in 1881. This looked at ancient peoples and legendary figures, puting them in the context of the evolution of the natural world. Including elements such as the impact of the devlopment of commerce and the move from an agricultural to an urban industrial society, Sir Archibald Geikie mapped them to a geological timeframe, suggesting the influence of the geology in certain areas to how different areas developed, using examples from numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but also from Europe.
Dates
- Creation: 1881
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Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 bundle
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 bundle
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Grant Buttars 06 November 2001
- Aberdeenshire (Scotland)
- Agriculture
- Alps
- Angles (Ancient People)
- Argyllshire Scotland
- Arthur, King (Legendary Character)
- Assam (India)
- Authors and Publishers
- Botany
- Boulonnais (France)
- Brittany (France)
- Building Stones
- Caithness Scotland
- Commerce
- Cornwall England
- Cotswold Hills (England)
- Cumbria (England)
- Dover, Strait of
- Dumbarton Dunbartonshire Scotland
- Edinburgh -- Scotland
- England
- English Channel
- Erosion
- Europe
- Forth, Firth of (Scotland)
- Galloway (Scotland)
- Geological Time
- Geology
- Germany
- Glacial Epoch
- Greenland
- Harbours
- Highlands Scotland
- History
- Human Beings
- Human Evolution
- Industry
- Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland
- Ireland
- Jutes
- Kent (England)
- Kincardineshire (Scotland)
- Liverpool Merseyside England
- Lowlands (Scotland)
- Manchester (England)
- Mining
- North Sea
- Norway
- Orkney Scotland
- Pennine Chain (England)
- Picts
- Plateaus
- Population migration
- Primitive societies
- Rhine River
- Rock Types
- Romans
- Ross and Cromarty Scotland
- Saxons
- Severn River (Wales and England)
- Shetland (Scotland)
- Stirling (Scotland)
- Strathclyde (Scotland)
- Subsidences (Earth Movements)
- Suffolk (England)
- Sutherland Scotland
- Switzerland
- Thames, River (England)
- Tweeddale (Scotland)
- Urbanisation
- Wales
- Yorkshire (England)
- Zoology
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