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Title: Across the Vatna Jökull; or, Scenes in Iceland

Author: William Lord Watts

Release date: May 30, 2020 [eBook #62282]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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MOUNT PAUL.

Frontispiece.

ACROSS THE VATNA JÖKULL;

OR,

Scenes in Iceland;

BEING A DESCRIPTION OF HITHERTO UNKNOWN
REGIONS.

BY

WILLIAM LORD WATTS.

London:

LONGMANS AND CO., PATERNOSTER ROW.

1876.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON,

ST. JOHN’S SQUARE AND WHITEFRIARS STREET.

THIS WORK

IS

DEDICATED TO HIS ICELANDIC FRIENDS

BY

W. L. WATTS.