Iceland -- Description and travel.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald Sterling diary
Two typescript carbon copies, with some pages missing of the unofficial diary of Archibald Sterling, commander of the U.S.S. Billingsley on tour of duty in Europe; the author gives impressions of parts visited (Iceland, Scotland, Crete), comments on the nature of his current assignment, sailing weather, and the activities and characteristics of people he encountered on this voyage.
Cambridge expedition to Vatnajökull
A collection of 185 "celluloid" [nitrate] negatives (in brown glassine envelopes, most individually housed; some group housed) and eight (8) glass negative slides (in paper envelopes) taken during the 1932 Cambridge Expedition to Vatnajökull Ice Cap in Iceland.
Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland
Manuscripts relating to travels to Iceland.
Illustrations for "Sir Joseph Banks and Iceland" : Islandica, vol. xviii, edited by Halldor Hermannsson.
Copies of illustrations created during Sir Joseph Banks' expedition to Iceland and three portraits of Banks. Places depicted include Hafnarfiord, the Gardahraun, Hvaleyri, Skálholt, the Geysir, a mountain near Hekla, and the rocks near Lauganes. There are also illustrations of Icelandic people. Originals were done around 1772-1774, and include both finished engravings and pencil sketches. Artists include J. Cleveley, Charles Ruotte, and James F. Miller.