GREENOUGH'S WORLD

摘要

The two earliest geological maps of England and Wales hang side-by-side in pride of place at the foot of the stairs in the Geological Society's apartments in Burlington House. Most people will be familiar with William Smith's map of 1815, but perhaps less so the other - the Geological Society's own map, issued five years later. Its chief architect was George Bellas Greenough, one of the founders of the Society and its first President.