To Iceland: The Independent Explorer
This chapter talks about Joseph Banks's expedition from Iceland to a part of the Danish kingdom, which was suggested by Daniel Solander or Uno von Troil, a Swedish gentleman antiquarian and scientist. It discusses how popularity of vulcanology has possibly influenced Banks's decision for t...
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cryaleupr:10.12987/yale/9780300223835.003.0005 2024-06-02T08:08:31+00:00 To Iceland: The Independent Explorer Musgrave, Toby 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300223835.003.0005 unknown Yale University Press The Multifarious Mr. Banks page 162-175 book-chapter 2020 cryaleupr https://doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300223835.003.0005 2024-05-07T14:19:44Z This chapter talks about Joseph Banks's expedition from Iceland to a part of the Danish kingdom, which was suggested by Daniel Solander or Uno von Troil, a Swedish gentleman antiquarian and scientist. It discusses how popularity of vulcanology has possibly influenced Banks's decision for the expedition. It also mentions Bank's meeting with Johann Gerhard König, a Baltic–German botanist and physician, who botanised extensively in the same island as Bank's expedition. The chapter discusses naturalist-surgeon Bjarni Pálsson and Eggert Ólafsson who made a detailed study of the natural history of Iceland between 1752 and 17572. It describes Bank's visit to the Islay in the Hebridean island where he focused his expedition on antiquaries, culture and geology. Book Part Iceland Yale University Press Eggert ENVELOPE(-16.475,-16.475,65.251,65.251) Islay ENVELOPE(59.717,59.717,-67.350,-67.350) Pálsson ENVELOPE(-65.509,-65.509,-67.332,-67.332) 162 175 |
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This chapter talks about Joseph Banks's expedition from Iceland to a part of the Danish kingdom, which was suggested by Daniel Solander or Uno von Troil, a Swedish gentleman antiquarian and scientist. It discusses how popularity of vulcanology has possibly influenced Banks's decision for the expedition. It also mentions Bank's meeting with Johann Gerhard König, a Baltic–German botanist and physician, who botanised extensively in the same island as Bank's expedition. The chapter discusses naturalist-surgeon Bjarni Pálsson and Eggert Ólafsson who made a detailed study of the natural history of Iceland between 1752 and 17572. It describes Bank's visit to the Islay in the Hebridean island where he focused his expedition on antiquaries, culture and geology. |
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