Eggert Ólafsson (1726-1768)
Bjarni Pálsson (1719-1779)
Travels in Iceland
Ferðabók Eggerts og Bjarna
Travels in Iceland: performed by order of his Danish Majesty. Containing observations on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, a description of the lakes, rivers, glaciers, hot-springs, and volcanoes; of the various kinds of earths, stones, fossils, and petrifactions; as well as of the animals, insects, fishes, &c. By Messrs. Olafsen & Povelsen. Translated from the Danish. London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, By Barnard & Sultzer, Water Lane, Fleet Street. 1805.
Publication location and year:
London, 1805
Publisher:
Phillips, Richard (1767-1840)
Printer: Barnard & Sultzer
Extent:
162
p., 4 plate, 1 map folded
8°
Note:
Mjög stytt þýðing. Af eftirmála þýðanda, sem auðkennir sig F. W. B., og öðru má ráða að farið hefur verið eftir frönsku þýðingunni 1802 þótt á titilsíðu segi að þýtt sé úr dönsku. Ný útgáfa, Travels in Iceland by Eggert Ólafsson and Bjarni Pálsson, Reykjavík 1975.
Keywords:
Geography ; Account of a journey