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ISBN
9780904180220
Publisert
1987-01-01
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Vendor
Hakluyt Society
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UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
360
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Biographical note
Andrew Wawn
Sir Henry Holland was one of Victorian London's most celebrated physicians and tireless travellers. He showed all the Icelandophile enthusiasms of his time: a perception of unrivalled medieval literary achievements, a keen enjoyment of the sublimities of the scenery, and a scientific curiosity about Iceland's mineralogical legacy. He writes of all these, but also portrays a society gripped by privation resulting from the Napoleonic wars.
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Holland's manuscript, part of which was used in George Mackenzie's Travels in Iceland (Edinburgh, 1811), is here published in full. The maps are mostly Holland's own sketch maps. Appendices include tables of population and commerce, a list of parishes, a page from a parish register, and a register of weather.
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Contents: Preface; Introduction; Journal text; Appendices; Select bibliography; Index.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780904180220
Publisert
1987-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Hakluyt Society
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360
Redaktør