A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 - A Revised Edition of the English Translation (Paperback)

The French geologist Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741 1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history, working at the museum of natural history in Paris and as royal commissioner of mines. His enthusiasm for geology took him in 1784 to Britain, to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa described by Sir Joseph Banks in Pennant's Tour in Scotland (also reissued in this series). His subsequent account was published in France in 1797, and first translated into English in an abridged form in 1814. This two-volume annotated translation by the well-known geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835 1924), prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907. The work is interesting for its social as well as its geological observations. Volume 2 describes the geology and natural history of the Hebrides. On his return journey, Faujas also visits the geological marvels of Derbyshire."

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century, Volume 2
Release date:	May 2014
First published:	March 2014
Authors:	Barthelemy Faujas-de-St-Fond
Editors:	Archibald Geikie
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	398
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07157-4
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	French
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography
LSN:	1-108-07157-0
Barcode:	9781108071574

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