| A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation Contributor(s): Faujas-De-St-Fond, Barthelemy (Author), Geikie, Archibald (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1108071562 ISBN-13: 9781108071567 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historical Geography - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.11 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The French geologist Barth lemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819) abandoned the legal profession to pursue studies in natural history, working at the museum of natural history in Paris and as royal commissioner of mines. His enthusiasm for geology took him in 1784 to Britain, to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa described by Sir Joseph Banks in Pennant's Tour in Scotland (also reissued in this series). His subsequent account was published in France in 1797, and first translated into English in an abridged form in 1814. This two-volume annotated translation by the well-known geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907. The work is interesting for its social as well as its geological observations. Volume 1 describes life in scientific circles in London, before recounting Faujas' journey to the Highlands of Scotland via Edinburgh and Glasgow. |