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A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Autor Barthélemy Faujas de St-Fond Archibald Geikie
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The French geologist Barthélemy 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108071574
ISBN-10: 1108071570
Pagini: 398
Ilustrații: 4 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:Prescurtată
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Departure from Oban to the Isle of Mull; 2. Journey from Aros of Torloisk; 3. Voyage to Staffa; 4. Description and natural history of the isle of Staffa; 5. Stay at Mr Maclean's; 6. Departure from Torloisk; 7. Natural history of the Isle of Mull; 8. The isle of Kerrera; 9. Departure from Oban; 10. Kenmore; 11. Perth; 12. St Andrews; 13. Departure from St Andrews; 14. Edinburgh; 15. Departure from Edinburgh; 16. Manchester; 17. Departure from Manchester; 18. Castleton; 19. Derby; 20. Departure from Derby; 21. Departure from Birmingham; Postscript; Index.

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A two-volume annotated translation, from 1907, of geologist Faujas de Saint-Fond's 1797 account of a journey to the Hebrides.