Part of Collection
University Archives and Manuscripts
Title
Notebook No.240
Creators/Contributors
Rights
Out of Copyright. Free use.
Collection
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Production Date
11 August 1859 - 13 September 1859
Shelfmark (Identifier)
Coll-203/A1/240
Catalogue Record
https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180398
Subjects
- Fossils
- Photography
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department)
- Skeletons
- Human Evolution
- Mastodon
- Diluvium
- Skull
- Loess
- Gravel
- Fossil shells
- Elephant bones
- Rhinoceroses
- Chalk
- Loire River Valley (France)
- France -- Dieppe
- City of London (England)
- Zoological museums
- Carlisle
- England -- Warwickshire -- Rugby
- England -- Stafford
- Preston, Lancashire, England
- Stirling, Scotland
- Scotland -- Moffat
- Archaeology
Description
This green leather bound notebook documents Lyell's travel in Le Puy - Paris - London - Scotland. Page p.69 includes an original black and white photograph of a fossil man, discovered in le Puy, and which Lyell was involved in its verification. The photograph is thought to be the earliest photograph taken of this specimen.
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