Canary Islands
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 28 May 1855
Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiote telling Lyell that layers of sand and shells have been found which are similar to those from Sainte Catherine which Maffiote had previously sent to Lyell. These were found under Mr. Houghton's house, while digging the foundations, in the centre of Las Palmas on the Island of Grand Canaria, 28 May 1855.
Letters from Berthelot, Sabin to Charles Lyell, 12 February 1857
On Helix Tiarella and habitats of other land shells published as from [?] Canaries.
List of fossil shells from Grand Canary Island, 6 June 1856
List of fossil shells on Grand Canary Island from [Samuel Pickworth] Woodward including fossils of fishes and plants,with envelope, 6 June 1856.
Map of the Island of La Palma, c 1850
Map of the island of La Palma with Lyell's notes detailing alterations to be made to the map, and how to include the scale [1850s]
Notebook No.39, November 1830- February 1831
Notebook No.195, March 1854- March 1854
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.
Notes, 1834-1838
Admiralty Maps by Whom.
Notes giving a list of places, Tenerife, Palma, Lanzarote, Santa Cruz, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria. Beside each place name is the name of a [naval] officer and a date. 1834-1838.
Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands, 1854-1856
Notes and Indices, October 1854
Notes on Canaries & Madeira with Hartung, May - June 1855
Notes - including sketches - of a visit to the Canary Isles and Madeira with Georg Hartung, to look at the geological formations caused by volcanoes on the islands. TNotes on trip to Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with James Tennant to look at minerals. Index of notes on Madeira & the Canaries with G. Hartung. May-June 1855 - also refers to page numbers in Notebook 203.