A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784: A Revised Edition of the English Translation

by Barthélemy Faujas de St-Fond

Overview

The 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 2 describes the geology and natural history of the Hebrides. On his return journey, Faujas also visits the geological marvels of Derbyshire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108071567
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/08/2014
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.91(d)

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.