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Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic, 1772-1820 : journals, letters, and documents
- Title
- Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic, 1772-1820 : journals, letters, and documents / edited and annotated with an introduction by Anna Agnarsdóttir, University of Iceland.
- Author
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Publication
- London ; New York, NY : Published by Routledge the Hakluyt Society, 2016.
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- Description
- xxvi, 681 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 26 cm
- Series Statement
- Hakluyt Society, third series ; 30
- Uniform Title
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 30.
- Subjects
- Natural history
- Naturalists
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Natural history > North Atlantic Region > History
- History
- North Atlantic Region
- Biography
- Records and correspondence
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 > Correspondence
- Iceland
- Natural history > Great Britain > History
- Natural history > Iceland > History
- Great Britain
- Naturalists > Great Britain > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Records and correspondence.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-662) and index.
- Language (note)
- Some correspondences in Latin with English translation.
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION: BANKS AND ICELAND: Joseph Banks : explorer and naturalist prior to the Iceland Expedition, 1743-72 ; The origins of the Iceland Expedition ; Previous Anglo-Icelandic relations ; Iceland 1772-1815 ; The scientific exploration of Iceland before Banks's visit ; The Banks Expedition in Iceland ; The Iceland Expedition : an assessment ; Sir Joseph Banks, 1772-1820 ; Sir Joseph Banks as protector of Iceland during the Napoleonic wars -- TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION: Banks as a writer ; The text -- INTRODUCTION TO THE JOURNALS: The scientific papers of the Iceland Expedition -- THE ICELAND JOURNAL OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS PART I, 12 JULY - 6 SEPTEMBER 1772: Bank's notes from 29 August-15 September 1772 -- THE ICELAND JOURNAL OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS PART II, 17 SEPTEMBER - 22 OCTOBER 1772: Bank's notes from 28-31 October and 18-21 November 1772 ; Notes by Banks regarding his expedition to Iceland in 1772 -- THE ICELAND JOURNAL OF JAMES ROBERTS -- CALENDAR OF LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS -- THE ICELAND CORRESPONDENCE AND DOCUMENTS OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 1772-1820 -- APPENDICES: The Iceland Expedition 1772 ; Greenland ; Trade.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-1602
- ISBN
- 9781908145147
- 1908145145
- LCCN
- 2015029924
- OCLC
- 919068129
- Author
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, author.
- Title
- Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic, 1772-1820 : journals, letters, and documents / edited and annotated with an introduction by Anna Agnarsdóttir, University of Iceland.
- Publisher
- London ; New York, NY : Published by Routledge the Hakluyt Society, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Hakluyt Society, third series ; 30Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 30.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-662) and index.
- Language
- Some correspondences in Latin with English translation.
- Added Author
- Anna Agnarsdóttir, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.Hakluyt Society, issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-1602