Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the natural history of the country, antiquities, manners and customs of the inhabitants, &c. &c. Made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Sir Joseph Banks, P.R.S. assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen / written by Uno von Troil ; with notes and additions by the translator. The whole revised and corrected by E. Mendes da Costa.

  • Troil, Uno von, 1746-1803.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Letters on Iceland: containing observations on the natural history of the country, antiquities, manners and customs of the inhabitants, &c. &c. Made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Sir Joseph Banks, P.R.S. assisted by Dr. Solander, F.R.S. Dr. J. Lind, F.R.S. and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen / written by Uno von Troil ; with notes and additions by the translator. The whole revised and corrected by E. Mendes da Costa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LETTERS ON ICELAND. ^LETTER I* To ProfelTor Berg m a n . ’On the Effeäs of the Fires in Iceland. S I K, / INGE I am liapplly returned from a very pleafant fummer’s excurfioti through theweflern iflands of Scotland, to Iceland and the Orkneys, it is with peculiar pleafure that I take this oppor- tunity of alluring you of my efteem •and friehdlliip. It is probably not un- known 'to you, that Mr. Banks and Dr. Solandcr have been difagreeably difappointed when they, were on the point of letting out on a new voyage round the world lall lltnimer. How- * This letter was firfl publifhed in the year 1773, in the Upfal newfpapers, N° 3, 4, 6, and Ö. A ever.