Letters on Iceland [electronic resource] : Containing observations on the civil, literary, ecclesiastical, and natural history; antiquities, volcanos, basaltes, hot springs; customs, dress, manners of the inhabitants, &c. &c. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, By Joseph Banks, Esq. P.R.S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. Dr. Uno Von Troil, and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen. Written by Uno Von Troil, D.D. first chaplain to his Swedish Majesty, almoner of the Swedish orders of knighthood, and member of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. To which are added the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bach to the author, concerning the Edda and the elephantiasis of Iceland: also Professor Bergman's curious observations and chemical examination of the lava and other substances produced on the island. With a new map of the island, and a representation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants Geyser.
1780
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Letters on Iceland [electronic resource] : Containing observations on the civil, literary, ecclesiastical, and natural history; antiquities, volcanos, basaltes, hot springs; customs, dress, manners of the inhabitants, &c. &c. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, By Joseph Banks, Esq. P.R.S. Assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. Dr. Uno Von Troil, and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen. Written by Uno Von Troil, D.D. first chaplain to his Swedish Majesty, almoner of the Swedish orders of knighthood, and member of the Academy of Sciences at Stockholm. To which are added the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bach to the author, concerning the Edda and the elephantiasis of Iceland: also Professor Bergman's curious observations and chemical examination of the lava and other substances produced on the island. With a new map of the island, and a representation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants Geyser.
Uniform title
Bref rörande en resa til Island. English
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London : Printed by and for W. Richardson, in the Strand; also for J. Robson, in New Bond Street, and N. Conant, in Fleet Street, MDCCLXXX. [1780]
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xxvi,400 p. ; 8vo.
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
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First leaf blank. O, PC, ZAP and ZWTU report plates, including a folding map
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English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T38526
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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