JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN MOROCCO AND THE GREAT ATLAS, WITH AN APPENDIX, INCLUDING A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF MOROCCO

Hooker, Joseph Dalton

Numéro d'objet:	68
Date:	1878
Genre:	Livre
Lieu:	Londres
Sujet:	Voyages

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HOOKER Joseph Dalton, BALL John

Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas. Londres, Macmillan and Co. 1878, in 8 percaline décorée de l'éditeur, xvi-489 p. avec 8 planches hors texte dont 1 grand panorama dépliant, 1 grande carte dépliante; un appendice incluant un plan de géologie du Maroc par Georges Maw. (Playfair 1275)

1878. Hocker, Sir Joseph, K.C.S.I., President of the Roy. Soc., &c., and John Ball, F.R.S., &c. – Journal of a Tour in Morocco and the Great Atlas, with an appendix, including a sketch of the Geology of Morocco, by George Maw, F.L.S., &c. London: 8vo, pp. 489, with map of South Morocco, nine illustrations and twelve woodcuts in text.
The appendices are as follows: A. Observations for detemining altitudes of stations. B. Inineraries of routes from the city of Morocco through the Great Atlas. C. Notes on the geography of S. Morocco. D. On some economic plants of Morocco. E. A comparison between the Flora of the Canary Islands and that of Morocco. F. A. comparison between the Mountain Flora of Tropical Africa and that of Morocco. G. On the mountain Flora of two valleyss of the Great Atlas. H. Geology of the plain of Morocco and the Great Atlas. I. Moorish stories and fables. K. On the Shelluh language. L. On the Roman remains known as the Castle of Pharaoh, near Mulai Edris el-Kebir (by the late Dr. H. B. Brady and Mr. W. H. Richardson).
This journey was undertaken in 1871, and the account of its botany and geology is one of the most important works that has been written on the country.
The authors truly observe in their preface : - « Up to the date of our visit the Great Atlas was little better known to geographers than i twas in the time of Strabo and Pliny »
The journey was short, but i twas well planned and was especially marked by the vast stores of botanical knowledge which were obtained. Reviewed Nature, vol. xix., p. 366 ; Nation (Asa Gray), vol. xxviii., p. 232.
In various plates of the « Botanical Magazine » Sir Joseph Hooker has figured some of the novelties collected in the Expedition.



Voyage effectué en 1871. Étude géographique et botanique.
Titre : Journal of a tour in Marocco and the great atlas / by Joseph Dalton Hooker,... and John Ball,.... with An appendix including a sketch of the geology of Marocco / by George Maw,...
Auteur : Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Éditeur : IDC (Leiden)
Date d'édition : 1878
Contributeur : Ball, John (1818-1889)
Sujet : Géologie -- Maroc
Sujet : Maroc -- Descriptions et voyages
Sujet : Haut Atlas (Maroc) -- Descriptions et voyages
Type : monographie imprimée
Langue : Anglais

Botanising in the valleys and slopes of the High Atlas by two Victorian plant collectors. Hooker was at the top of the plant world, Director of Kew Gardens (succeeding his father in 1855) and President of the Royal Society. Observant and committed, with some good background detail, such as the time they were blown off the mountain having disturbed the guardian spirit against the advice of their guides