An American in Iceland : An Account of its Scenery, People, and History, with a Description of its Millennial Celebration in August 1874; with Notes on the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands, and the Eruption of 1875 (Cambridge Library Collection - T

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An American in Iceland : An Account of its Scenery, People, and History, with a Description of its Millennial Celebration in August 1874; with Notes on the Orkney, Shetland and Faroe Islands, and the Eruption of 1875 (Cambridge Library Collection - T

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 368 p.
  • 言語 ENG
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Full Description

Samuel Kneeland (1821-88), educated at Harvard and in Paris as a doctor, served as an army surgeon during the American Civil War. After the war, he returned to lecturing on physiology, and expanded his academic interests to zoology and to natural history in general. His expedition to Iceland was fuelled by a fascination with volcanoes, volcanic islands and the flora and fauna that abounded on them, but Kneeland was as much a cultural and historical tourist as a scientist, enjoying the millennial celebration of the first settlement by Norwegians, the spectacle of geyser eruptions, and the Norse history and traditions of the Icelanders. This 1876 work offers a chronological account of his party's travels through the Scottish islands and around Iceland, bringing a very individual touch to a description of the country, its culture and its outstanding landscapes.

Contents

1. The Orkney Islands; 2. The Shetland Islands; 3. The Faroe Islands; 4. Off for Iceland; 5. Celebration at Reykjavik; 6. Physical characters of Iceland; 7. The valley of Thingvalla; 8. The celebration at Thingvalla; 9. Route to the geysers; 10. In the valley of the geysers; 11. The old Norsemen; 12. The people of Iceland; 13. Political history of Iceland; 14. Discovery of America; 15. Literature of Iceland; 16. Volcanic history of Iceland; 17. Geology and mineralogy; 18. Icelanders in America; 19. The future of Iceland; 20. Useful information; Notes.