Description - An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands; With Illustrations of Their Natural History by James Nicol
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF ICELAND, GREENLAND, AND THE FAROE ISLANDS. CHAPTER L Physical Geography of Iceland. Situation and Extent--General Appearance--Coasts--MounTains--Jokuls--Formation and Appearance of Glaciers--Mountain Chains--Sneefield--Central Desert--Volcanoes--Hekla--Eruption of, in 1766--Krabla and the Myvatn--History of volcanic Phenomena--Submarine Eruptions--Volcano of the Skaptar Jbkul--Quantity of Matter ejected--Fiords--General Character--Utility to the People--Principal Fiords--Rivers--Jokul Rivers--Lakes--Not numerous--Myvatn--Thingvalla Vatn--Hot Springs--Geyser--History of it--View of an Eruption--Strokr--Theory of Geysers and Analysis of Water--Ale Springs--Climate--Seasons--Temperature--Winds--No Change in Climate--Ancient Woods and Agriculture--Ice--Extreme Cold--Mock Suns--Falling Stars--Effect of Climate on Animals and Vegetables--Drift Wood. No region of the globe will to the attentive eye be found destitute of objects fitted to gratify an enlightened curiosity. Thus, the countries we are about to describe, though at first they may seem barren and uninviting, will on a closer consideration display many of the most singular and magnificent phenomena of nature, amidst scenes of wild grandeur unknown in more fertile lands, contrasted with pictures of gentler beauty, not the less pleasing that they are unexpected. It is the same with the people who inhabit them; their strikingly peculiar character exhibiting many dark and gloomy features of savage life, relieved by virtues seldom observed in more advanced stages of society. Though deprived of every other attraction, those lonely islands would deserve attention, inasmuch as they manifest the power of the human race to adapt themselves to all situations, ..
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