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Photograph of the Boiling Pot whirlpool and part of the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe in the early/mid 20th century.

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Photograph of two men standing on rocks at the cascade which forms the Tepic River in Tepic, Mexico in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of a rainbow stretched across a chasm off Livingstone Island with a view of the Main Victoria Falls, [Zimbabwe] in the background in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Photograph of the Juanacatalan waterfall on the Santiago River in the state of Jalisco, Mexico in the late 19th or early 20th century.

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Photograph of an African man pointing to the Livingstone tree at the Victoria Falls in the early 20th century.

Scope and Contents This dark red Notebook details Lyell's travels in Bavaria, Germany, joined by Mary, Leonard Lyell, his secretary Arabella Buckley, and expert companions. The book contains detailed drawings, notes and queries. The itinerary begins on page 4 on 8th June 1865 in London, before Lyell travels to Dover, Calais, Luxembourg, Burgen, Coblenz, Frankfurt then to Kissengen, Nuremberg. Munich, Innsbruck, Klobenstein, Finsterbach, Eiggshorn, Viesch and Aletsch Glaciers before descending into Italy,...

Scope and Contents Notes for 6 lectures on 'Geographical Evolution', encompasing a wide variety of related subjects. Sir Archibald Geike looked at various geological periods and how both the areas occupied by land and water changed over time. He looked at the creation of many geological formations, at the materials they were composed of and the processes involved, including the infleunce of different elements within the natural world. He used as examples numerous locations, mostly within the British Isles but...

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Placename note which reads 'Eas-Fors (Force?) march bet[ween] Laggan & Cillabhrianain' [Eas Fors, Lagan Ulbha/Lagganulva, Cille Bhrianain/Kilbrennan, Am Muile/Isle of Mull].

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Photograph of a small waterfall in Feyoum, Egypt that is was used for power and irrigation in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Photograph of a view of the Victoria Falls from the east in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] in the early 20th century.