Format:
1 online resource (319 pages)
ISBN:
9781409415237
Series Statement:
Hakluyt Society, First Ser v.18
Content:
Cover -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1 VOYAGE INTO SPITZBERGEN -- I Of the Voyage from the Elbe to Spitzbergen -- II Of our home voyage from Spitzbergen to the Elbe -- PART 2 DESCRIPTION OF SPITZBERGEN -- I. Of the External Face and Appearance of Spitzbergen -- II. Of the Sea -- III. Of the Ice -- IV. Of the Air -- PART 3 -- I. Of the Plants of Spitzbergen -- II. Of a Plant with Aloe-Leaves -- III. Of small House-Leek -- IV. Of Crow's-foot -- V. Of Scurvy-grass -- VI. Of an Herb like Stone-Crap -- VII. Of a Snake-weed -- VIII. Of an Herb like unto Mouse-ear -- IX. Of a Plant like unto Periwinkle -- X. Of an Herb like a Strawberry -- XI. Of the Rock Plant -- PART 4 OF THE ANIMALS OF SPITZBERGEN -- I. Of Birds with Toes or Divided Feet -- Of a Snite -- Of the Snow-Bird -- Of the Ice-Birds -- II.Of the Broad or Web-Footed Birds -- Of the Rathsher -- Of the Pigeon -- Of the Lumb -- Of the Mew called Kutge-gehef -- Of the Burgermeister -- Of the Rotges -- Of the Strunt-jager, or Dung-hunter -- Of the Diving Parret -- Of the Mountain Duck -- Of the Kirmew -- Of the Mallemucke -- III. Of some other Birds that I did not Catch or Delineate -- IV. Of the Four-Footed Creatures -- Of the Hart or Deer -- Of the Fox -- Of the White Bear -- Of the Sea-Dogs, called Rubbs and Seales -- Of the Sea-Horse, called by some the Morse -- V. Of the Crustaceous Fish that I Observed -- Of the Sea Crawfish without a Tail, or Sea Spiders -- Of the Garnels or Prawns -- Of the Lesser Garnels or Shrimps -- Of the Louse of the Whale -- Of the Starfish -- Of the Second Starfish -- VI. Of the finn'd fishes -- Of the Macarel -- Of the Dragon-Fish -- Of the Dolphin -- Of the Butskopf, or Place's Head -- Of the White-Fish -- Of the Unicorn -- Of the Saw-Fish, sometimes called the Sword-Fish -- Of the Hay -- VII. Of the Whale -- VIII. How they Catch the Whale.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781409412847
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781409412847
Language:
English
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