A Description of the Western Isles: Circa 1695

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Synopsis
It is three hundred years since Martin Martin’s great journey around the Western Isles, Orkneys and Shetlands. The first and one of the greatest of all travellers in Scotland, Martin is also unique in being the only native Gaelic speaker amongst them. A Description of the Wester Isles is a unique and authoritative resonance which makes it, even today, a mine of information on the history, customs, traditions and life of the Hebrides. It also casts light on the islands during a crucial period of history when the old structures of society still held sway before Jacobite rebellions altered society irrevocably.
Copyright:
1969

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
384 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780857902887
Related ISBNs:
9781780275468
Publisher:
Birlinn
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Birlinn
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Travel, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Jean Monro
Introduction by:
Charles W. Withers

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