Across Iceland : With Illustrations and Maps, and an Appendix on the Plants Collected
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
ISBN-10
1108079857
ISBN-13
9781108079853
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 18th, 2021
Print length
254 Pages
Weight
338 grams
Dimensions
13.80 x 21.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Historical geography
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Published in 1902 and including maps, photographs and an extensive appendix compiled by expedition member and botanist Arthur William Hill on the island's plant life, this work gives an engaging account of the 1900 expedition across Iceland, around its northern coast and to the Faroes.
Although a member of the Royal Geographical Society, and author of a number of books on geography, little is known of William Bisiker. Published in 1902, this is an account of an expedition, led by him, across central Iceland in 1900. The five men and one woman journeyed from the north-east of the country down to the south-west, and the book also gives accounts of visits to the Faroe Islands and coastal journeys to the fjords. Including maps, photographs and an extensive appendix compiled by expedition member and botanist Arthur William Hill on the island''s plant life, this work remains a detailed and engaging portrait. The impressions made upon the party by natural features such as geysers, quicksand and lava formations are vividly described, as are the visits to isolated settlements and farms. The chapter on Reykjavik covers the political situation in the country, still under Danish rule.
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