Part of Collection

Title

Notebook No.192

Creators/Contributors

Rights

Out of Copyright. Free use.

Collection

Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Production Date

February 1854

Shelfmark (Identifier)

Coll-203/A1/192

Catalogue Record

https://archives.collections.ed.ac.uk/repositories/2/archival_objects/180350

Subjects

• Madeira (Madeira Islands)
• Volcanoes
• Volcanological Research
• Fieldwork Practice
• Fieldwork
• History of Science
• Barometers
• Geology, Stratigraphic
• Lava Flows
• Upheaval

Description

This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. This notebook is from February 1854 and covers Charles Lyell’s travels around the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo with specific notes on Sao Vicente, Curral das Freiras, Pico Santo, Santo António, Pico Ruivo, Funchal, Pico Grande, Câmara de Lobos, Boqueirão, Santa Cruz, Porto Novo, Pico dos Bodes, Caminho do Pico da Cruz, Machico, Antonio da Serra, Portela, and Cape Girão. This notebook primarily focuses on the geological features and formations and includes a vast number of drawings and sketches of stratigraphical and geological features, primarily concerning limestone, craters, eruption, scoria, basalt, shells, trachyte, soapstone, crystals, erosion, and alluvium. Some key aspects of Lyell’s notes include upheaval theory, volcanic theory, and the Funchal system. Two drawings of note can be seen on page 110 and 112, both depicting the coastline moving East from Funchal – possibly drawn by Lyell as he is leaving the island. The drawing on page 110 includes two forts Sao Tago [sic Tiago], and Forte de Loires [Fort dos Louros] near Lazareto.

Language

eng