Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland, and the North Atlantic 1772-1820
Subtitle: journals, letters, and documents
By: edited by Anna Agnarsdóttir, Hakluyt Society
Series: Hakluyt Society, third series -- 30
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Company
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 681
ISBN-13: 9781908145147; 9781472477828
Subjects: Correspondence; Natural history; Naturalists; Biography; History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Joseph Banks : explorer and naturalist prior to the Iceland Expedition, 1743-72; title: The origins of the Iceland Expedition; title: Previous anglo-Icelandic relations; title: Iceland 1772-1815; title: The scientific exploration of Iceland before Banks's visit; title: The Banks Expedition in Iceland; title: The Iceland Expedition : an assessment; title: Sir Joseph Banks, 1772-1820; title: Sir Joseph Banks as protector of Iceland during the Napoleonic wars.