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 viii
... vessel in which I sailed , Messrs . Phelps , Troward , and Bracebridge , and the as- sistance I derived from them , demand my most sincere thanks . The readiness with which the former of these gentlemen , in particular , whose society I ...
... vessel in which I sailed , Messrs . Phelps , Troward , and Bracebridge , and the as- sistance I derived from them , demand my most sincere thanks . The readiness with which the former of these gentlemen , in particular , whose society I ...
Page x
... vessel some ravens , one of which , when he supposed he was drawing towards the termination of his voyage , he let loose ; hoping by its course to be directed to the country of which he was in search . The bird , however , after soaring ...
... vessel some ravens , one of which , when he supposed he was drawing towards the termination of his voyage , he let loose ; hoping by its course to be directed to the country of which he was in search . The bird , however , after soaring ...
Page xi
... vessel . In a few days a third raven was suffered to leave the ship , and this , more fortunate , immediately flew towards the wished - for shore . Floco , after the manner of his predecessors , first touched at the eastern coast ...
... vessel . In a few days a third raven was suffered to leave the ship , and this , more fortunate , immediately flew towards the wished - for shore . Floco , after the manner of his predecessors , first touched at the eastern coast ...
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... vessels carrying thirteen hundred men , which so weakened the contending parties that the whole power became at last an easy prey to a few arbitrary and enterprising men , who , as XV is usually the case , wantonly abused it to 5 xiv ...
... vessels carrying thirteen hundred men , which so weakened the contending parties that the whole power became at last an easy prey to a few arbitrary and enterprising men , who , as XV is usually the case , wantonly abused it to 5 xiv ...
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... vessel afforded , and the pleasant society of the two companions of my voyage , I flattered myself , and not in vain , with as agreeable an excursion as the nature of the circumstances would allow . Friday , however , being considered ...
... vessel afforded , and the pleasant society of the two companions of my voyage , I flattered myself , and not in vain , with as agreeable an excursion as the nature of the circumstances would allow . Friday , however , being considered ...
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