Download or read book Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809 written by Sir William Jackson Hooker and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage.