A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Circa 1695

A Voyage to St Kilda

Martin Martin, Donald Monro (Autoren)

Jean Munro (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

546 Seiten

1999 | New ed of 1703 ed
Birlinn Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84158-020-3 (ISBN)

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This text offers Martin Martin's narrative of his journey around the Western Isles, with information on custom, tradition and life, and an account of St Kilda, published in 1697, and Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, visit after the fall of the Lords of the Isles, written in 1549.

One of the greatest travellers in Scotland, Martin Martin was also a native Gaelic speaker. This text offers his narrative of his journey around the Western Isles, and a mine of information on custom, tradition and life. Martin Martin's wrote before the Jacobite rebellions changed the way of life of the Highlander irrevocably. The volume includes the earliest account of St Kilda, first published in 1697 and Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, account written in 1549 which presents a record of a pastoral visit to islands still coping with the aftermath of the fall of the Lords of the Isles.

Martin Martin (Martainn MacGilleMhartainn) was born at Bealach, near Duntulm, Skye, and was a native Gaelic speaker. He studied at the universities of Edinburgh and Leiden, and died in London in 1719.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.8.1999
Einführung	Charles W. J. Withers, R.W. Munro
Zusatzinfo	maps
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	108 x 178 mm
Gewicht	384 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-84158-020-1 / 1841580201
ISBN-13	978-1-84158-020-3 / 9781841580203
Zustand	Neuware