"A most glorious country": Charles Darwin and North Wales, especially his 1831 geological tour

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-26

  Lucas, Peter ^a  

^a Cwm Nantcol   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adam Sedgwick; Anglesey; glaciers; Robert Dawson; Robert Lowe; W. E. Jelf

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549170794     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2002.29.1.1     Document Type: Article

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