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Description: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, and as Geikie says, this 'intelligent and often racy narrative giving the impressions and experiences of a cultivated foreigner' deserves to be remembered."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: 2 Volume Set: A Revised Edition of the English Translation. To get started finding A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: 2 Volume Set: A Revised Edition of the English Translation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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, and as Geikie says, this 'intelligent and often racy narrative giving the impressions and experiences of a cultivated foreigner' deserves to be remembered."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: 2 Volume Set: A Revised Edition of the English Translation. To get started finding A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: 2 Volume Set: A Revised Edition of the English Translation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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