{"product_id":"a-journey-through-england-and-scotland-to-the-hebrides-in-1784-a-revised-edition-of-the-english-translation-paperback-9781108071567","title":"A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784; A Revised Edition of the English Translation (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108071567","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Revised Edition of the English Translation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-volume annotated translation, from 1907, of geologist Faujas de Saint-Fond's 1797 account of a journey to the Hebrides.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBarthélemy Faujas de St-Fond (Author), Archibald Geikie (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108071567, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe French geologist Barthélemy 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Memoir of the author\u003cbr\u003e 1. London\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sir Joseph Banks' country-house\u003cbr\u003e 3. Arts and manufactures\u003cbr\u003e 4. Monument to the fire of London\u003cbr\u003e 5. Departure for Scotland\u003cbr\u003e 6. Newcastle\u003cbr\u003e 7. Departure from Newcastle\u003cbr\u003e 8. Doctor Swediaur\u003cbr\u003e 9. Departure from Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e 10. Departure from Glasgow\u003cbr\u003e 11. Departure from Inverary\u003cbr\u003e 12. Departure from Dalmally\u003cbr\u003e 13. Natural history of Oban.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266178208024,"sku":"9781108071567","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108071567i_50c9d3ad-d74c-4bcd-b41d-e156da2ec467.jpg?v=1696748878","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-journey-through-england-and-scotland-to-the-hebrides-in-1784-a-revised-edition-of-the-english-translation-paperback-9781108071567","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}