Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809 (Paperback)

Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785 1865) was an eminent British botanist, best known for expanding and developing the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew into a leading centre of botanic research and conservation. At the age of nineteen he undertook an expedition to Iceland, his first outside Britain. Unfortunately, all his specimens and notes were destroyed in a fire on the return voyage (described in Volume 1), but he was able, with the help of the notes made by Sir Joseph Banks on an earlier expedition, to write this account. His work was first published privately in 1811, but a second edition was published in 1813 and is reproduced here. Volume 1 gives a brief history of Iceland, before Hooker begins his detailed observations of the people and topography, and the flora and fauna he found. His accounts of the lives of the people of the island are of particular interest.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	March 2011
Authors:	William Jackson Hooker
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	506
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03048-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-108-03048-3
Barcode:	9781108030489

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