Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents
Hakluyt Society (Verlag)
978-1-908145-14-7 (ISBN)
Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.
Anna Agnarsdóttir is Professor of History at the University of Iceland. She was the President of the Historical Society in Iceland 2005-2011, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 2002-2004, a member of the University Senate 2008-2012, and most recently Director of the Institute of History 2012-2015. She is a member of the Societas scientiarum Islandica, a Trustee of The Banks Archive Project and a national representative for The Hakluyt Society.
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Banks and Iceland; Textual introduction; Introduction to the journals; The Iceland journal of Sir Joseph Banks I: from 12 July 1772 to 6 September 1772; The Iceland journal of Sir Joseph Banks II; The Iceland journal of James Roberts; Calendar of letters and documents; The Iceland correspondence and documents of Sir Joseph Banks, 1772-1820; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 28.09.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Hakluyt Society, Third Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1792 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-908145-14-5 / 1908145145 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-908145-14-7 / 9781908145147 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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