Article ID: CBB000060416

Cartographic patronage and the Highland and Agricultural Society: The county geological premium competitions, 1835-1847 (1993)

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Description “With the intention of bringing to public notice details of Scotland's mineral resources, the Highland Society, in 1834, instituted a scheme of geological patronage. Awards of cash and medals were offered to authors of meritorious geological surveys of Scottish coal-districts and Counties.”


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Authors & Contributors
Boud, R. C.
Szaniawska, Lucyna
Pantaloni, Marco
Versemann, Jens
Schäfer-Weiss, Dorothea
Roper, Peter W.
Journals
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Cartographic Journal
Archives of Natural History
Polski Przegląd Kartograficzny (Polish Cartographical Review)
Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Publishers
Tempus
Concepts
Geology
Maps; atlases
Earth sciences
Cartography
Color theory
Discipline formation
People
MacCulloch, John
Smith, William
Hotchkiss, Jedediah
Hibbert, Samuel
Griffith, Richard John
Graffigny, Françoise de
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
United Kingdom
England
Italy
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
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