Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 - A Revised Edition of the English Translation

Klappentext A two-volume annotated translation, from 1907, of geologist Faujas de Saint-Fond's 1797 account of a journey to the Hebrides. Zusammenfassung The French geologist Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819) went in 1784 to Britain to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa, and published an account of his journey in 1797. This two-volume annotated translation, prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Memoir of the author; 1. London; 2. Sir Joseph Banks' country-house; 3. Arts and manufactures; 4. Monument to the fire of London; 5. Departure for Scotland; 6. Newcastle; 7. Departure from Newcastle; 8. Doctor Swediaur; 9. Departure from Edinburgh; 10. Departure from Glasgow; 11. Departure from Inverary; 12. Departure from Dalmally; 13. Natural history of Oban.

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• Authors: Barth¿my Faujas de St-Fond, Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond, Barthelemy Faujas-De-St-Fond
• Assisted by: Archibald Geikie (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781108071567
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07156-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century; Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous