RefNo | AP/24/13/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Calcareous incrustations at Ponta da Lourenco [Ponta de São Lourenço], Madeira' by R McCormick |
Creator | McCormick; R (fl 1839-1840) |
Date | 28 October 1839 |
Description | McCormick shares observations on a 'fossil bed' which extends across the long narrow point of São Lourenço, forming the easternmost extremity of the island of Madeira. He describes calcareous incrustations 'thickly scattered over an area occupying about a square mile; covered with a loose dark sandy soil, in which some are horizontally embedded'.
Subject: Geography / Geology / Topography
Received 28 May 1840.
Written by McCormick aboard HMS Erebus. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |