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Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Jackson Hooker
SeriesJournal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809 2 Volume Set
Series part Volume No. Volume 1
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:506
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenrePopular science
Botany and plant sciences
ISBN/Barcode 9781108030489
ClassificationsDewey:914.912043
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Plates, unspecified; 4 Plates, black and white; 2 Maps; 7 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 2 May 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.