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Image number: RS.8720
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Map of Cleveland, Yorkshire and Kirkdale Cave
Date
1822
Creator
William Buckland (1784 - 1856, British) , Dean of Westminster, Geologist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (map): 232mm
width (map): 210mm
width (map): 210mm
Subject
Description
Plate 15 from the paper "Account of an assemblage of fossil teeth and bones of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, bear, tiger, and hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the year 1821: with a comparative view of five similar caverns in various parts of England, and others on the Continent.", by William Buckland, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.171-236. Printed map overpainted to show basic geology, additional place-names, and the location of Kirkdale Cave. Inscribed top right "Map of the country around Kirkdale to illustrate Professor Buckland's paper" with a key to rock types illustrated using colour. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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