Innsegall: The Western Isles
John Barber
Design and photography by David A. Magee.
Innsegall, "Isles of the foreigners", is the name by which the Scottish Celts knew the Western Isles. To the vikings they were the "Sudreyar", the Southern Isles. The meaning of the name Hebrides, a misrendering of Hebudes, is unknown.
This is a natural history of the Western Isles of Scotland with particular emphasis on man's part in the creation of the several elements which make up the Hebridean landscape. The authors concentrate mainly on those sites that are visible to the modern traveller and on those topics that would occupy the mind of that great Victorian creation, the informed layman. It will be of value to the amateur naturalist, the amateur geologist, the amateur archaeologist and all visitors to the Islands.
Innsegall, "Isles of the foreigners", is the name by which the Scottish Celts knew the Western Isles. To the vikings they were the "Sudreyar", the Southern Isles. The meaning of the name Hebrides, a misrendering of Hebudes, is unknown.
This is a natural history of the Western Isles of Scotland with particular emphasis on man's part in the creation of the several elements which make up the Hebridean landscape. The authors concentrate mainly on those sites that are visible to the modern traveller and on those topics that would occupy the mind of that great Victorian creation, the informed layman. It will be of value to the amateur naturalist, the amateur geologist, the amateur archaeologist and all visitors to the Islands.
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Anno:
1985
Casa editrice:
John Donald Publishers
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
128
ISBN 10:
0859761428
ISBN 13:
9780859761420
File:
PDF, 15.46 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1985