A Spring and Summer in Lapland: With Notes on the Fauna of Lule? Lapmark

Horace William Wheelwright

ISBN 10: 0371885027 / ISBN 13: 9780371885024

Published by HardPress, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Spring and Summer in Lapland: With Notes on the Fauna of Lule? Lapmark
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371885027
• ISBN 13: 9780371885024
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A Spring And Summer In Lapland: With Notes On The Fauna Of Luleä Lapmark by Horace William Wheelwright. This work is a 19th-century travel narrative and natural history guide documenting a journey to Lapland (northern Sweden and Finland) conducted by an English naturalist later termed 'An Old Bushman'. Wheelwright recounts his ascent up the Bothnian-Gulf region, stops at Lulea and Quickiock, and detailed observations of Lapland fauna and landscape, with chapters devoted to general fauna, journey preparations, life in Lapland, mammals, birds (ornithology), and the fauna around Varanger in East Finland. Rich with firsthand field notes, it blends travel narrative with systematic natural history, including gear, routes, weather, indigenous practices, and the habits of elk, reindeer, wolves, bears, ptarmigan, willow grouse, crossbills, and many more. It offers practical guidance for naturalists and hunters and a snapshot of 1860s northern exploration.