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Travels in the island of Iceland during the summer of the year MDCCCX
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- Creator
- by Sir George Steuart Mackenzie, baronet, fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- First UW-Madison TEI edition, 2011
- Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries,, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 491 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
- OCLC
- on1396449089
- The "Preliminary dissertation on the history and literature of Iceland," the chapters, "Present state of education and literature," "On the government, laws and religion," and appendix I. "On the diseases of the Icelanders," are by Sir Henry Holland; the chapter, "Zoology, and botany," is by Dr. Richard Bright; and appendix II, "Icelandic flora," is by W.J. Hooker.
- This TEI edition is part of The History Collection at the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Original version: Edinburgh : Printed by Thomas Allan and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company ; England : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown : Cadell & Davies : William Miller : John Murray, 1811.
- Preliminary dissertation on the history and literature of Iceland / by Dr. Holland -- Journal of the First Excursion -- Journal of the second excursion -- Journal of the third excursion -- Rural affairs -- Present state of education and literature / by Dr. Holland -- On the government, laws, and religion / by Dr. Holland -- State of commerce -- Zoology and botany / by Mr. Bright -- Mineralogy ; Mineral waters -- Appendix no. I: On the diseases of the Icelanders / by Dr. Holland -- Appendix no. II: Icelandic flora [List of Icelandic plants] / by W.J. Hooker, Esq. -- Appendix no. III: Catalogue of Icelandic minerals, being chiefly geological specimens -- Appendix no. IV: Miscellaneous articles, connected with history, literature, &c. -- Appendix no. V: Music -- Appendix no. VI: Register of the weather -- Appendix no. VII: Remarks occasioned by the Honourable Mr. Bennet's sketch of the geology of Madeira -- Appendix no. VIII: Icelandic revolution, 1809 [original text omitted]