Remarks on Two Cross-sections of the County, from South Wheal Basset, Through Carn Brea Hill, to West Wheal Tolgus, in West Cornwall ... Illustrated B

Publisher Marketing: Title: Remarks on two cross-sections of the county, from South Wheal Basset, through Carn Brea Hill, to West Wheal Tolgus, in West Cornwall ... Illustrated by ... plates. From the Report of the Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devon, for 1873. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GEOLOGY collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection contain a number of maps, charts, and tables from the 16th to the 19th centuries documenting geological features of the natural world. Also contained are textbooks and early scientific studies that catalogue and chronicle the human stance toward water and land use. Readers will further enjoy early historical maps of rivers and shorelines demonstrating the artistry of journeymen, cartographers, and illustrators. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Maynard, John; 1874. 12 p.; 8 . 7106.f.25.(8.) Contributor Bio:  Maynard, John John Maynard is a Worimi man from the Port Stephens region of New South Wales in Australia. He is an ARC Australian Research Fellow (Indigenous) and Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). He was, until taking up his ARC Fellowship in 2011, Professor of Indigenous Studies and Director of the Wollotuka Institute of Aboriginal Studies at the University of Newcastle. He was the recipient of the Australian National University Aboriginal History Stanner Fellowship 1996, the New South Wales Premiers Indigenous History Fellow 2003, the Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow 2004, University of Newcastle Researcher of the Year 2008 and Australian National University Allan Martin History Lecturer 2010. He gained his PhD in 2003, examining the rise of early Aboriginal political activism. John has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association, the New South Wales History Council and the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council and has worked with and within many Aboriginal communities -- urban, rural and remote.