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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.
Van Pelt Library G161 .H2 ser.3:no.30
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 30.
- Hakluyt Society, third series ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
- Banks, Joseph.
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820--Correspondence.
- Naturalists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Naturalists.
- Natural history.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Iceland.
- North Atlantic Region.
- Natural history--Great Britain--History.
- Natural history--North Atlantic Region--History.
- Natural history--Iceland--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Records and correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 681 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2016.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-662) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781908145147
- 1908145145
- OCLC:
- 919068129
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