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Verlag: Birlinn General, United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 1998
ISBN 10: 1874744882ISBN 13: 9781874744887
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Originally published in 1776, Thomas Pennant's Tour in Scotland and 18th century. Written after his five month journey through mainland Scotland and the Western Isles in the summer of 1772, Pennant paints a vivid picture of Scotland during the last quarter of the 18th century. Pennant had an eye for detail, and the account of his journeys includes a wealth of material regarding the physical features of the landscape, architectural details of buildings and the historical associations and local customs of the places he visited. He also writes of the people he met and the places he stayed, thus adding a human dimension to his travelogue. Within this text, Pennant also writes of his travels in the north of England, including descriptions of the medieval towns of Chester and Durham and the magnificent landscape of the Lake District.the Western Isles is one of the major pieces of travel writing from the. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Origin, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912476010ISBN 13: 9781912476015
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Origin, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912476010ISBN 13: 9781912476015
Anbieter: AwesomeBooks, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A Tour in Scotland, 1772: And Voyage to the Hebrides This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .
Verlag: Origin, 2019
ISBN 10: 1912476010ISBN 13: 9781912476015
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.
Verlag: Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016709897ISBN 13: 9781016709897
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: BIRLINN LTD, 1999
ISBN 10: 1874744882ISBN 13: 9781874744887
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Gut. Zustand: Gut - Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. Außen: verschmutzt. Innen: Seiten verschmutzt. | Seiten: 500 | Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 110807541XISBN 13: 9781108075411
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The naturalist Thomas Pennant published this genial account of his journey through Scotland and its islands in 1774.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1356208703ISBN 13: 9781356208708
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2016
ISBN 10: 1356209815ISBN 13: 9781356209811
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New.
Verlag: W. Eyres (vol. 1) and Chester, John Monk (vol. 2), Warrington, 1774
Anbieter: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australien
Two volumes, quarto; engraved frontispieces and numerous plates, original eighteenth century sprinkled calf with handsome nineteenth century spines; double leather labels and panelled in gilt between raised bands. A good set of Pennant's account of his travels in the north. The first volume is in its third edition, while the second volume is in the preferred second edition, the only version to include Joseph Banks' account of Staffa and Fingal's Cave. Pennant visited Scotland in 1769, his "Tour in Scotland" appearing for the first time in 1771. When Banks set out for Iceland in 1772, first travelling to the Scottish isles, he was conscious of the fact that Pennant, on his second tour of Scotland, was also travelling in the Hebrides. Feeling that Pennant had a prior claim to that region, he wrote: "I believe that we passed the Ship of our friend Mr. Pennant which I had all along carefully looked out for not without hopes if I should be fortunate enough to meet him of tempting [him] to enlarge his plan & wishing much to spare him at all events that as I had looked upon myself while among these Islands as treading upon ground which by prior right he has taken possession of I should communicate to him every Observation I could possibly make whenever he thought fit to publish any account of them". During his voyage to Iceland, Banks "discovered" the island of Staffa, one of the Hebrides, which Pennant could not visit on his tour. Pennant included in his travelogue the account of Staffa which Banks had given him. He dedicated the book to Banks, thanking him for "the liberal declaration.that the Hebrides were [Pennant's] ground". When Banks was elected as president of the Royal Society in 1778, it was with Pennant's influential support. Banks's account of Staffa (vol. 2 pp. 261-71) includes his famous description of Fingal's Cave, with three accompanying engravings of the geological phenomenon. These, like most of the prolific engravings in the work, were after drawings by Pennant's personal artist, Moses Griffith, who travelled with him., Thomas Pennant, born in 1726, was a prominent ornithologist and zoologist and prolific author of the eighteenth century. His writings about natural history, topography and travel were based on his many tours of the British Isles and research into the world's animal kingdom. It was said that his writings achieved great success by always making dull scientific matters interesting. Samuel Johnson spoke of him as "the best traveller I ever read, he observes more things than anyone else does". His circle of friends included Captain Cook as well as Banks; in 1771 he visited Banks shortly after he returned from his voyage around the world on the Endeavour, and took away with him some of the specimens that Banks had bought back from the voyage, which he would later write about. The origin of the name Pennant Hills in the Cumberland area has long been debated. In recent times it has been argued that it was named after Thomas Pennant who, apart from being an associate of Banks, was a member of the Royal Society and known to senior people in the infant colony, including Francis Grose the lieutenant-governor. . Slight wear at top of spines; a few creases and repaired tears but in very good condition.