The Natural History of Norway, including sea-monsters!

First and only English edition of Erich Pontoppidan's description of Norway. Pontoppidan (1698-1764), the Bishop of Bergen 1747-54 and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Copenhagen, published the Danish version in 1752-3. The first part deals with geology and plants, the second animals, birds and sea creatures, including a depiction of a huge sea serpent. The folding map, a derivation of Homann's map 'corrected by Martin Hubner, Professor of History at the University of Copenhagen', was probably engraved by Thomas Kitchin. There was no map in the Danish edition.