Stratification in Hackness Hills (Smith, 1832)

This map is William Smith's last major work. Undertaken when he employed as a land steward to Sir John Johnstone, it was drawn at a scale of 6 inches to the mile and is considered to be one of the earliest large scale geological maps constructed. Hand colouring on lithograph base map on paper

1832 Colouring Considered Constructed Earliest Employed Geological Inches Johnstone Steward Stratification Undertaken

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