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A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation.
・ISBN 978-1-108-07157-4 paper GB£ 36.00
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| 著者・編者 | Faujas de St-Fond, Barthelemy, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century Volume 2) |
| 出版社 | (Cambridge University Press, UK) |
| 出版年月 | 2014 |
| ページ数 | 398 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A03-19482＞ |
解説
The French geologist Barthelemy 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 2 describes the geology and natural history of the Hebrides. On his return journey, Faujas also visits the geological marvels of Derbyshire.