Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage. |
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Page xxviii
... Majesty's dominions : all are obliged to pay a tax in proportion to the rank they main- tain ; whether this rank is obtained by the em- ployments they hold in the state , or whether it is a mere title . The current money of the country ...
... Majesty's dominions : all are obliged to pay a tax in proportion to the rank they main- tain ; whether this rank is obtained by the em- ployments they hold in the state , or whether it is a mere title . The current money of the country ...
Page 27
... majesty's palaces or seats , in Iceland , I found " the garden in excellent order , and full of all kinds of vegetables , fit for a kitchen : such as parsley , celery , thyme , marjoram , cabbages , parsnips , carrots , turnips , peas ...
... majesty's palaces or seats , in Iceland , I found " the garden in excellent order , and full of all kinds of vegetables , fit for a kitchen : such as parsley , celery , thyme , marjoram , cabbages , parsnips , carrots , turnips , peas ...
Page 316
... majesty's sloop of war the Rover , arrived in the country , and an opportunity was thus offered to Count Tramp , as ... Majesty , with the objects of which in these parts I " was unacquainted , and the peaceable proceedings of which On ...
... majesty's sloop of war the Rover , arrived in the country , and an opportunity was thus offered to Count Tramp , as ... Majesty , with the objects of which in these parts I " was unacquainted , and the peaceable proceedings of which On ...
Page 343
... Majesty's license , was in like manner ordered to appear at Reikevig , where he was for some time detained , and the cargo he had brought to the country was confiscated * . * The second and third of these charges are of so notorious a ...
... Majesty's license , was in like manner ordered to appear at Reikevig , where he was for some time detained , and the cargo he had brought to the country was confiscated * . * The second and third of these charges are of so notorious a ...
Page 353
... Majesty's dominions , as stranger friends , under the safeguard of His 66 66 Majesty's royal peace , and entitled to the pro- " tection of the laws of the realm , and in no 66 case treated as alien enemies . " His Majesty is further ...
... Majesty's dominions , as stranger friends , under the safeguard of His 66 66 Majesty's royal peace , and entitled to the pro- " tection of the laws of the realm , and in no 66 case treated as alien enemies . " His Majesty is further ...
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