Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents

Anna Agnarsdóttir is Professor of History at the University of Iceland. She was the President of the Historical Society in Iceland 2005-2011, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities 2002-2004, a member of the University Senate 2008-2012, and most recently Director of the Institute of History 2012-2015. She is a member of the Societas scientiarum Islandica, a Trustee of The Banks Archive Project and a national representative for The Hakluyt Society.

Contents: Preface; Introduction: Banks and Iceland; Textual introduction; Introduction to the journals; The Iceland journal of Sir Joseph Banks I: from 12 July 1772 to 6 September 1772; The Iceland journal of Sir Joseph Banks II; The Iceland journal of James Roberts; Calendar of letters and documents; The Iceland correspondence and documents of Sir Joseph Banks, 1772-1820; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.