Las Palmas (Canary Islands)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.35, 4 August 1830-17 August 1830
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/35
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains Lyell's geological notes on the Pyrenees, including pencil sketches and descriptions, mostly of cliff faces and volcanic landscapes. The front cover is blank, and the index is a page adhered to the back cover. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform...
Dates:
4 August 1830-17 August 1830
Notebook No.41, June 1831- July 1831
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/41
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains two different handwriting styles, one definitively Lyell's. On p. 65 is "The Landing of the Pilgrims fathers in New England" dated 13 July 1851, handwriting differs from Lyell's; largely notes in pencil, subjects include Captain Cook on Mercia earthquake, volcanic activity, Sandwich island. The front cover reads "June 1831", the back page is missing, and the index is pasted to the back cover. The...
Dates:
June 1831- July 1831
Notebook No.195, March 1854- March 1854
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/195
Scope and Contents
Las Palmas, Canary Islands.There is no index - there is an index to this notebook in series Coll-203/B18, Manuscripts.
Illustrations throughout of landscape including plants and settlements. The last page is a list of things to pack.
Dates:
March 1854- March 1854