Summer in Iceland

Klappentext Reissued in its 1868 English translation, this wide-ranging work by a Swedish geologist records his visit to Iceland in 1865. Zusammenfassung In 1865, the Swedish geologist Carl Wilhelm Paijkull (1836–69) made a visit to Iceland, a country that was still little understood by the rest of Europe. Paijkull's illustrated and wide-ranging account was first published in Swedish in 1866 and is reissued here in the 1868 English translation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Voyage from Copenhagen to Iceland; 2. Leave Reykjavik; 3. Skaptar volcano; 4. Volcanic systems; 5. The mineralogy of Iceland; 6. Surturbrandr; 7. From Reykjahlid to Akureyri; 8. Discovery of Iceland; 9. Days of the week; Appendix.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Carl Wilhelm Paijkull, Paijkull Carl Wilhelm
• Con la collaborazione di: M. R. Barnard (Traduzione), Barnard M. R. (Traduzione)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9781108071017
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07101-7
• Pagine: 394
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Polar Exploration
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura; HISTORY / Historical Geography, Historical Geography