COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Greenough, George Bellas, (1778-1855)
Date:
1865
Short Title:
Composite: N.E.,N.W.,S.W.,S.E. Sheets. A Physical and Geological Map of England and Wales...Revised.
Publisher:
Geological Society
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Composite Map
Obj Height cm:
190
Obj Width cm:
162
Scale 1:
380,160
Note:
Greenough first published this map in 1820, then a second edition in 1839 (see our 10496.000), and this final third posthumous edition in 1865. Greenough drew heavily on William Smith's Geological map of England and Wales but did not credit him until the third edition. There are several differences between the Greenough and Smith maps: Greenough delineates the topography and Smith does not, and Greenough's scale is 6 miles to the inch vs Smith at 5 miles to the inch. There were also differences underlying the geology of both maps. Greenough made significant revisions to the second edition and to this final third edition. Following the publication of the first 1820 edition, there was a continuing dispute between Greenough and Smith as to Greenough's uncredited use of Smith's map.
Country:
England
Country:
Wales
Subject:
Geology
Full Title:
(Composite map of) N.E.,N.W.,S.W.,S.E. Sheets. A Physical and Geological Map of England and Wales By G.B. Greenough Esq. F.R.S. (on the basis of the original Map of William Smith 1815) Revised and Improved under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Geological Society of London, from the maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1836-63 and the Maps and Documents contributed by Sir R. I. Murchison, Professor Phillips, Joseph Prestwich, R. Godwin Austen, and others. July 1865.
List No:
10491.006
Series No:
6
Publication Author:
Greenough, George Bellas, (1778-1855)
Pub Date:
1865
Pub Title:
A Physical and Geological Map of England and Wales By G.B. Greenough Esq. F.R.S. (on the basis of the original Map of William Smith 1815) Revised and Improved under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Geological Society of London, from the maps of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1836-63 and the Maps and Documents contributed by Sir R. I. Murchison, Professor Phillips, Joseph Prestwich, R. Godwin Austen, and others. July 1865.
Pub Reference:
John Farey, Philosophical Magazine, 3 May 1815; Whatever is Under the Earth: G. L. Herries Davies, The Geological Society of London 1807-2007 (London: Geological Society of London, 2007); Simon Winchester, The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption (London: Penguin, 2002).
Pub List No:
10491.000
Pub Type:
Case Map
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
17
Image No:
10491006.jp2
Authors:
Greenough, George Bellas, (1778-1855)
Link To Source
Composite: N.E.,N.W.,S.W.,S.E. Sheets. A Physical and Geological Map of England and Wales....
