Geologist Collection

William Smith Geological Map

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASAs Apollo 17 mission

1838 Geological Map of England by Mantell
From Gideon Mantells " Wonders of Geology" 1839, drawn by his daughter Ellen

England and wales map 1895
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon. Ein Nachschlagewerk des allgemeinen Wissens, 5th edition 17 volumes Bibliographisches Institut - Leipzig 1895-1897

Continental drift maps
Reconstruction of the map of the world for three periods according to the Displacement Theory. Figs 1-2 from The Origin of Continents and Oceans (1924) by Alfred Wegener

Cave of Crystals, Naica Mine, Mexico
^BCave of Crystals.^b Geologist in the Cave of Crystals (^ICueva de los Cristales^i) in Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. The crystals are the largest known in the world

William Smiths geological map
Part of William Smiths geological map of Great Britain, published in 1815

Gideon Mantell and iguanodon
Gideon Mantell (3 February 1790 - 10 November 1852). Gideon Mantell was a local doctor whose interest in fossils lead to his 1822 discovery near his home in Lewes of the first Iguanodon fossils

James Hutton
JAMES HUTTON Scottish geologist

The Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship, 1912, (1913)
The Second Western Party The Day They Were Picked Up By The Ship: Taylor, Debenham, Gran and Forde, 1913. The return of the Western Geological Party: geologists Frank Debenham and T.Griffith-Taylor

Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic

1829 Silhouette William & Frank Buckland 1829 Silhouette William & Frank Buckland
Silhouette first produced by Auguste Edouart of " William Buckland and his Wife and Son Frank, Examining Bucklands Natural History Collection

Henry De LA Beche
Sir Henry Thomas DE LA BECHE Distinguished geologist, responsible for the Geological Ordnance Survey, and for the institution which would grow into the Geological Museum

Plesiosaurus battling Temnodontosaurus (Oligostinus), 1840 (engraving)
3697027 Plesiosaurus battling Temnodontosaurus (Oligostinus), 1840 (engraving) by Martin, John (1789-1854); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Sawrian: cartoon on Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) the English geologist who discovered a suarian, the Iguanodon, near Cuckfield, Sussex in 1820, and deduced from the teeth that it was a herbivore

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. He first made his name as a geologist

Geologists at Piltdown
Geologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913

William Daniel Conybeare (1787-1857)
Portrait of William Daniel Conybeare, a distinguished English geologists. Drawing, charcoal on paper, artist unknown, c. 1824. Original held at the Natural History Museum, London

Soviet Arctic explorer Papanin, 1937
Soviet Arctic explorer Ivan Papanin (1894-1986) in 1937 while commanding the first Soviet drifting station " North Pole-1". Expedition members and equipment are in the background

Tunguska event stamp, 50th anniversary. This Soviet stamp of 1958 depicts the Russian mineralogist and Tunguska event researcher Leonid Kulik (1883-1942) at right

Adam Sedgwick
ADAM SEDGWICK Geologist

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736150 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736140 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736155 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736154 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736176 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and mountaineer (engraving)
8673021 Horace-Benedict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and mountaineer (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horace-Benedict de Saussure (1740-1799)

Evolution of the human skeleton (litho)
8672117 Evolution of the human skeleton (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Evolution of the human skeleton, as described by Thomas Henry Huxley)

Portrait of Deodat Guy Silvain Tancrede (de Gratet) by Dolomieu (1750-1801)
ELD4838973 Portrait of Deodat Guy Silvain Tancrede (de Gratet) by Dolomieu (1750-1801) geologist and mineralogist - Portrait of Dieudonne Sylvain Guy Tancrede de Dolomieu usually known as Deodat de

Portrait of Deodat Guy Silvain Tancrede (from GRATET) by DOLOMIEU (1750-1801) geologist and mineralogist francais
XEE5028977 Portrait of Deodat Guy Silvain Tancrede (from GRATET) by DOLOMIEU (1750-1801) geologist and mineralogist francais; (add.info)

Poratrit by Nicolas Desmarest or Desmarets (1725 -1815) physicist and geologist, member of the Academy of Sciences
XEE5028788 Poratrit by Nicolas Desmarest or Desmarets (1725 -1815) physicist and geologist, member of the Academy of Sciences; (add.info)

Portrait of Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) Venetian Geologist
XEE5027843 Portrait of Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) Venetian Geologist; (add.info.: Portrait of Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795) Venetian Geologist); Stefano Bianchetti.

Romania, Moldova: oil field, oil technician geologist working on the back of a mare accompanied by his foal at
LUX4787433 Romania, Moldova: oil field, oil technician geologist working on the back of a mare accompanied by his foal at the bottom of the wooded hills, 1901; (add.info.: Romania)

NORDENSKJOLD, Adolf Erik, baron (1832-1901). Finnish baron, botanist, geologist
AIS5394084 NORDENSKJOLD, Adolf Erik, baron (1832-1901). Finnish baron, botanist, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finland-Swedish origin (engraving)

Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities
FLO4727831 Geologists studying fossil examples stored 40 to 50 per drawer in a cabinet of curiosities. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der

Grove Karl Gilbert, Chief of US Geologic Survey in the late 1800s
NWI4949315 Grove Karl Gilbert, Chief of US Geologic Survey in the late 1800s.; (add.info.: Grove Karl Gilbert, Chief of US Geologic Survey in the late 1800s.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Geologist Charles Lyell
NWI4947411 Geologist Charles Lyell.; (add.info.: Geologist Charles Lyell.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Portrait of the Scottish geologist James Hutton (1726-1797)
NWI4947357 Portrait of the Scottish geologist James Hutton (1726-1797).; (add.info.: Portrait of the Scottish geologist James Hutton (1726-1797).); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Portrait of Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Leonce Elie de Beaumont (1798-1874)
XEE5027992 Portrait of Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Leonce Elie de Beaumont (1798-1874) French geologist - Engraving of the 19th century - Private collection; (add.info)

Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais
XEE5030634 Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais; (add.info.: Portrait of Benoit de Maillet (1656-1738) geologue francais); Stefano Bianchetti.

Signature of Charles Darwin
3078393 Signature of Charles Darwin; (add.info.: Signature of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) an English naturalist and geologist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Engraving of Arnold Henry Guyot
3077625 Engraving of Arnold Henry Guyot; (add.info.: Engraving of Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884) a Swiss-American geologist

Telegraph fleet in Darwin Bay, Australia 1871-73
3479545 Telegraph fleet in Darwin Bay, Australia 1871-73; (add.info.: The telegraph fleet in Darwin Bay to begin the northern stretch of overland cable to be joined to the submarine cable linking)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736188 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media)
8736162 A lacquered brass microscope belonging to the Darwin family, c.1826-30 (mixed media) by English School, (19th century); 13.7x10.7x3.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Charles Robert Darwin, 1850
1576969 Charles Robert Darwin, 1850; (add.info.: Charles Robert Darwin (12th February 1809 - 19th April 1882) was an English naturalist and geologist

Abraham Gottlob Werner
3585836 Abraham Gottlob Werner; (add.info.: Portrait of Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) a German geologist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Evolution of Man (litho)
8672121 Evolution of Man (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Evolution of Man. Illustration from The Sphere, 28 June 1902.); © Look and Learn.

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"Unraveling Earth's Secrets: A Journey through the Eyes of Geologists" Embarking on a geological adventure, we delve into the fascinating world of geology. From William Smith's groundbreaking Geological Map to Apollo 17 astronauts exploring the lunar surface, these pioneers have shaped our understanding of our planet and beyond. In 1815, William Smith unveiled his revolutionary Geological Map, a masterpiece that laid the foundation for modern geology. This intricate creation showcased layers upon layers of Earth's history, revealing hidden treasures beneath our feet. Fast forward to Apollo 17 in 1972 when astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt explored the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley. Their discoveries expanded our knowledge about extraterrestrial geology and left an indelible mark on human exploration. Back on Earth, Gideon Mantell captivated us with his meticulous work in paleontology. His 1838 Geological Map of England provided invaluable insights into ancient landscapes and fossil-rich regions like Sussex where he discovered the remarkable iguanodon. As time progressed, advancements in cartography allowed for more detailed maps like the England and Wales map from 1895. These visual representations became essential tools for geologists studying rock formations across vast territories. The concept of continental drift emerged thanks to pioneering minds such as Alfred Wegener who created maps illustrating how continents once fit together like puzzle pieces. These transformative ideas reshaped our understanding of plate tectonics forever. Venturing underground brings us to Mexico's Cave of Crystals within Naica Mine—a mesmerizing wonderland adorned with gigantic gypsum crystals reaching up to forty feet long. This breathtaking sight reminds us that nature holds unimaginable beauty deep within its core. Gideon Mantell continued pushing boundaries not only in mapping but also by discovering fossils with fused spines—an extraordinary find shedding light on prehistoric creatures' anatomy dating back to 1852.