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A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond

A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 By Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond

A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 by Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond


Summary

The French geologist Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819) went in 1784 to Britain to investigate the basalt formations on the Hebridean island of Staffa, and published an account of his journey in 1797. This two-volume annotated translation, prefaced by a short biography of Faujas, was published in 1907.

A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 Summary

A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation by Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond

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 1 describes life in scientific circles in London, before recounting Faujas' journey to the Highlands of Scotland via Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Table of Contents

Preface; Memoir of the author; 1. London; 2. Sir Joseph Banks' country-house; 3. Arts and manufactures; 4. Monument to the fire of London; 5. Departure for Scotland; 6. Newcastle; 7. Departure from Newcastle; 8. Doctor Swediaur; 9. Departure from Edinburgh; 10. Departure from Glasgow; 11. Departure from Inverary; 12. Departure from Dalmally; 13. Natural history of Oban.

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NLS9781108071567
9781108071567
1108071562
A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation by Barthelemy Faujas de St-Fond
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Cambridge University Press
2014-05-08
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