In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/695

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the Palace of Cortez at Cuernavaca, Mexico in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/694

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the ruins of the nunnery [las monjas] at the Mayan city of Uxmal in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/688

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of four men standing in the entry way of the Palacio Central, ruins of Hoch-ob, Campeche, Mexico in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/689

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the ruins of Hoch-Ob in Campeche, Mexico in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/681

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

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

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/682

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a woman carrying a bag of pulque, an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey plant, in central Mexico in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/683

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of two people pushing water carriers at the public fountain while three women stand with jugs gathering water in Queretaro, Mexico in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/680

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the port of Vera Cruz [Veracruz], Mexico, an arial view showing the harbour, water and ships in the late 19th or early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/48

Date

December 1832 - December 1832

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown leather notebook contains watercolour geological skylines. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/143

Date

4 May 1846 - 12 May 1846

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook contains Lyell’s notes during his second trip to the United States, dated 5 May 1846, to 11 May 1846. …