Across Iceland By The Sprengisandre Route. [Plus] Excursion to Askja by PEEK, Cuthbert E. & MORGAN, E. Delmar - 1882

London: Royal Geographical Society, 1882. Two accounts in one issue, altogether 20 pages. Plus a colour map and a plan on a fold-out sheet, the map measures approximately 7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25cm) and the plan measures approximately 7.5 x 6 inches (19 x 15cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Although many persons annually visit Iceland, there are few who travel far into the interior to examine the barren wastes and lava fields which exist in the centre of the island. In July 1881, Mr. Coles, Mr. Delmar Morgan and Cuthbert Peek left Leith by the mail-steamer Valdemar to explore this little-known country. Their chief objectives were to visit and examine the world-famed Geysir, and the hot springs in its immediate vicinity, to traverse the little known Sprengisandre Route, and if possible, to fix the northern termination of the great lava stream which flowed from Askja. Accompanied by a colour route map of Iceland and a plan of the Great Geysir and neighbourhood from a survey by Mr, Cuthbert E. Peek and Mr. John Coles. . First Edition.