Letters on Iceland [Microform] : containing observations on the civil, literary, ecclesiastical, and natural history; antiquities, volcanos, basaltes, hot springs; customs, dress, manners of the inhabitants, &c. &c. made, during a voyage undertaken in the year 1772, by Joseph Banks ... assisted by Dr. Solander ... Dr. J. Lind ... Dr. Uno von Troil, and several other literary and ingenious gentlemen / written by Uno von Troil ... to which are added the letters of Dr. Ihre and Dr. Bach [i.e. Bäck] to the author, concerning the Edda and the elephantiasis of Iceland : also Professor Bergman's curious observations and chemical examination of the lava and other substances produced on the island : with a new map of the island, and a representation of the remarkable boiling fountain called by the inhabitants geyser
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