COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Conybeare, William Daniel
Date:
1840
Short Title:
Title: Ten Plates comprising a Plan, Sections, and Views representing the changes produced on the Coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis by the subsidence of the land and elevation...
Publisher:
John Murray
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Title Page
Obj Height cm:
29
Obj Width cm:
44
Full Title:
(Title page to) Ten Plates comprising a Plan, Sections, and Views representing the changes produced on the Coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis by the subsidence of the land and elevation of the bottom of the sea, on the 2 6th December, 1839, and 3rd of February 1840, from drawings by W. Dawson, the Rev. W.D. Conybeare and Mrs. Buckland, with a geological memoir and sections, descriptive of these and similar phenomena by the Rev. W.D. Conybeare. The whole revised by Professor Buckland
List No:
16173.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
Conybeare, William Daniel
Pub Date:
1840
Pub Title:
Ten Plates comprising a Plan, Sections, and Views representing the changes produced on the Coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis by the subsidence of the land and elevation of the bottom of the sea, on the 2 6th December, 1839, and 3rd of February 1840, from drawings by W. Dawson, the Rev. W.D. Conybeare and Mrs. Buckland, with a geological memoir and sections, descriptive of these and similar phenomena by the Rev. W.D. Conybeare. The whole revised by Professor Buckland
Pub Note:
Oblong folio. pp. title, [1, list of subscribers (127)], [2, list of plates and contents], 14; 10 lithographs, including handcoloured plan, hand-coloured double-page geological section, and 7 tinted lithographic views (including one doublepage). Original cloth back card wrappers, printed paper label. (Michael Kemp, 2024) The title page describes a geological event involving land subsidence and sea-floor uplift along the coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis. This event, dated December 26, 1839, to February 3, 1840, resulted in significant changes in the landscape, possibly linked to tectonic or coastal erosion processes. The publication presents ten plates with plans, sections, and views that illustrate these changes. W. Dawson, a civil engineer and surveyor, created drawings documenting the phenomenon, and the work includes a geological memoir by Rev. W. D. Conybeare. These materials describe the impact and characteristics of this geological shift, contributing valuable insight into the geological history of the East Devon coast.
Pub List No:
16173.000
Pub Type:
Geology Book
Pub Type:
Geologic Atlas
Pub Maps:
10
Pub Height cm:
29
Pub Width cm:
44
Image No:
16173002.jp2
Authors:
Conybeare, William Daniel
