DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION. SECTION I. OF THULE.
I. "THULE," POETICAL AND RHETORICAL.
II. STRABO, MELA, PLINY, PTOLEMY.
III. THULE, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN
IV. align="right" THULE = SCANDIA.
V. THULE=ICELAND.
THULE (ETYMOLOGY OF).
SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
SECTION III. HISTORICAL NOTES. [111]
SECTION IV. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.
SECTION V. ANTHROPOLOGY.
SECTION VI. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONS.
SECTION VII. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES (ANIMALS WILD AND TAME) NOTES ON
SECTION VIII. TAXATION COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES PRICES
SECTION IX. CATALOGUE-RAISONNE OF MODERN TRAVELS IN ICELAND PREPARATIONS FOR TRAVEL.
CHAPTER I. THE STEAM-SHIP "QUEEN" THE ORKNEYS AND MAES HOWE THE SHETLANDS AND THE FAEROE ISLANDS.
CHAPTER II. THE LANDFALL FISHING FLEET TO REYKJAVIK.
CHAPTER III. REYKJAVIK [359] THE SUBURBS THE LODGING-HOUSE THE CLUB AND THE WAY WE SPEND THE DAY.
CHAPTER IV. SUNDAY AT REYKJAVIK DRINKING IN ICELAND.
CHAPTER V.
Index to Vol. I
ULTIMA THULE;
OR,
A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
[Image unavailable.] From a Photo Frontispiece, Vol. I.
M‘Farlane & Erskine, Lithrs. Edinr.
REYKJAVIK, THE CAPITAL OF ICELAND.
ULTIMA THULE;
OR,
A SUMMER IN ICELAND.
BY
RICHARD F. BURTON.
With Historical Introduction, Maps, and Illustrations.
VOL. I
WILLIAM P. NIMMO.
LONDON: 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND;
AND EDINBURGH.
1875.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY M‘FARLANE AND ERSKINE,
ST JAMES SQUARE.
