Ultima Thule, vol. 1
by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890
- Title
- Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 1/2
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif, JC Byers, David Garcia, Stacy Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DL: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Northern Europe, Scandinavia
- Subject
- Iceland
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 59584
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59584
- Release Date
- May 23, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
- 2.DEDICATION.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — ULTIMA THULE; OR , A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
- 6.SECTION I. OF THULE.
- 7.I. “THULE,” POETICAL AND RHETORICAL.
- 8.II. STRABO, MELA, PLINY, PTOLEMY. — Strabo. — Mela. — Pliny. — Ptolemy.
- 9.III. THULE, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN
- 10.IV. align="right" THULE = SCANDIA.
- 11.V. THULE=ICELAND.
- 12.THULE (ETYMOLOGY OF).
- 13.SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
- 14.SECTION III. HISTORICAL NOTES. [111] — Note To Section III.
- 15.SECTION IV. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
- 16.SECTION V. ANTHROPOLOGY.
- 17.SECTION VI. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONS.
- 18.SECTION VII. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES (ANIMALS WILD AND TAME)—NOTES ON FLORA—AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING—FISHERIES AND FISHING—INDUSTRY AND EMIGRATION.
- 19.SECTION VIII. TAXATION—COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES—PRICES AND IMPORTS—COMMUNICATION AND COMMERCE—VISIT TO THE STORE.
- 20.SECTION IX. CATALOGUE-RAISONNÉ OF MODERN TRAVELS IN ICELAND—PREPARATIONS FOR TRAVEL. — ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
- 21.CHAPTER I. THE STEAM-SHIP “QUEEN”—THE ORKNEYS AND MAES HOWE—THE SHETLANDS AND THE FÆROE ISLANDS.
- 22.CHAPTER II. THE LANDFALL—FISHING FLEET—TO REYKJAVIK.
- 23.CHAPTER III. REYKJAVIK [359] —THE SUBURBS—THE LODGING-HOUSE—THE CLUB AND THE WAY WE SPEND THE DAY.
- 24.CHAPTER IV. SUNDAY AT REYKJAVIK—DRINKING IN ICELAND.
- 25.CHAPTER V.
- 26.Index to Vol. I
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