Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Ernest Favre

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/1/9
• Dates of Creation:20 February 1875
• Name of Creator:
  Favre, Ernest, 1845-1925 (Swiss palaeontologist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Ernest Favre who is sending him a copy of a geological work he has just completed on a range of mountains in the central area of Caucasus in Russia. He states that he has added many more routes/tracks to the original map designed by Frederic Dubois de Montpereux. His father, Alphonse Favre, has suggested that he approach Ramsay in the first instance to present the work to the Geological Society of London.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Andrew Thomson 6 December 2000

• Subjects

  Cartography

  Geological Mapping

• Personal Names

  Bennett, John Hughes, 1812-1875 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh)

  Favre, Ernest, 1845-1925 (Swiss palaeontologist)

  Montpereux, Dubois Frederic De (De)

  Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)

• Corporate Names

  Geological Society of London (1807-:)

  University of Geneva (1559-:)

• Geographical Names

  Caucasus