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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musgrave, Toby
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Yale University Press 2020
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300223835.003.0005