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Canary Islands

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Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 28 May 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 200-202
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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.

Dates: 28 May 1855

Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte, 11 December 1855

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 203-204
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Letter to Sir Charles Lyell from Pedro Maffiotte thanking him for sending his 'Manual of Elementary Geology' which were passed on by Mr Castillo, the son of the Vicomte de Vega Grande. He was captivated by Lyell's "Elements of Geology" which had been translated by his compatriot, Esquerra [Ezquerra]. He explains that his father is sending on a small box of shells, and others that he had obtained from "Hornos Del Rey" in the Canary Islands are being sent on separately, 11 December 1855.

Dates: 11 December 1855

Letters from Berthelot, Sabin to Charles Lyell, 12 February 1857

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/17
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On Helix Tiarella and habitats of other land shells published as from [?] Canaries.

Dates: 12 February 1857

List of fossil shells from Grand Canary Island, 6 June 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 221-223
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List of fossil shells on Grand Canary Island from [Samuel Pickworth] Woodward including fossils of fishes and plants,with envelope, 6 June 1856.

Dates: 6 June 1856

Madeira and Canary Islands, 1856

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/642
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Folder of notes, edits and hand drawn illustrations - including watercolours - created to be used in their publication, and relating to Madeira, Cape Girao, Porto Nuevo, Porto Santo. Was original GEN1999/8/2].

Dates: 1856

Madeira and Canary Islands Notebooks , 1856-1859

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Identifier: Coll-203/A4
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Two notebooks created to contain work, with Georg Hartung, and others, relating to Madeira – with references to Canary Islands, Gran Canarias, Tenerife and the Azores. No indexes in either, the notebooks record discussions, reading, and include drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) on volcanoes, lava slopes, shells, elevations and upheaval.

Dates: 1856-1859

Madeira - Notes, Indexes, 5 November 1856 - 1857

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Identifier: Coll-203/A4/1
Scope and Contents Dark green to black leather soft cover notebook with marbled end paper, paginated in handwritten ink. Identified with side label 'Mad-eira Index Manual 55' and on the front with a label 'Madeira p1-53 Notes [amended text] 1856 C.L. and on the next line, Manual [underlined] new Ed[ition] [from] p.55 Indexes'. Also contains notes on Lyell's preparation for an edition of his Manual of Elementary Geology. Summary index: This notebook does not...
Dates: 5 November 1856 - 1857

Map of the Island of La Palma, c 1850

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 40
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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]

Dates: c 1850

Notebook No.39, November 1830 - February 1831

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 2: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/39
Scope and Contents This is a plain leather brown notebook which contains notes for the 2nd volume of Principles of Geology, on a multitude of subjects and referencing work by other emininent geologists, Lamarck and Cuvier. The first few pages have been cut out. Lyell's notes are mostly in pen, many drafts with slashes, and a few sketches. Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the...
Dates: November 1830 - February 1831

Notebook No.194, March 1854

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/194
Scope and Contents This red notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around the Canary Islands with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury, and along with previous notebook 193, is one of the longest. There is a clear date noted on page 1, of 6th March 1854, however, in the separate index recorded in the Madeira Index reference Coll-203/A5/16 dates are given there as 26th – 29th October 1855 – which may reflect the date the index was created. This...
Dates: March 1854