Detail View: Rylands Collection: Barrier coral-reefs

Image Number: 
JRL0920426dc
Reference Number: 
R209896
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Barrier coral-reefs
Parent Work Title: 
Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America: being the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 / By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S, naturalist to the expedition. With numerous illustrations and maps.
Creator: 
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1851
Publication Details: 
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill
Page/Sheet: 
Plate, opposite page 214
Image Sequence Number: 
214a
Description: 
Illustration: Showing the resemblance between barrier coral-reefs surrounding mountainous islands, and atolls or lagoon-islands.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Language: 
English
Subject: 
Voyages and travels
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Support: 
Paper
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
South America
People Covered: 
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester) ( former owner)
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-04
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB