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Iceland. A travelogue from the 17th century. Daníel Vetter tells of his travels. Translated by Hallfreður Örn Eiríksson and Olga María Franzdóttir. Published by Helgi Þorláksson.
Their houses are mostly underground, there is little difference in the outer clothing of men and women, so it is difficult to distinguish between the sexes, and in Hekla a fire burns constantly. This is what the Czech Daniel Vetter described in his travelogue Islandia or Iceland, published in 1638.
President Jón Sigurðsson was among those who considered the Czech's account to be a complete fabrication and argued that he had never visited the country. Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, however, wrote that Vetter had taken careful note of everything during his trip to Iceland and "told as accurately as he could".
Daniel Vetter was a highly educated man, who taught, among other things, the Crown Prince, the son of Frederick the "Winter King". But did he come to Iceland? What year was that? And why are people so divided in their attitudes towards him? Helena Kadeckova and Helgi Þorláksson try to answer this in the introduction.
A full 345 years after its publication, Vetter's travelogue is published for the first time in Icelandic, translated directly from the Czech by Hallfreður Ernur Eiríksson and Olga Máríu Franzdóttir. The book contains photographs, detailed explanations and indexes.
Their houses are mostly underground, there is little difference in the outer clothing of men and women, so it is difficult to distinguish between the sexes, and in Hekla a fire burns constantly. This is what the Czech Daniel Vetter described in his travelogue Islandia or Iceland, published in 1638.
President Jón Sigurðsson was among those who considered the Czech's account to be a complete fabrication and argued that he had never visited the country. Þorvaldur Thoroddsen, however, wrote that Vetter had taken careful note of everything during his trip to Iceland and "told as accurately as he could".
Daniel Vetter was a highly educated man, who taught, among other things, the Crown Prince, the son of Frederick the "Winter King". But did he come to Iceland? What year was that? And why are people so divided in their attitudes towards him? Helena Kadeckova and Helgi Þorláksson try to answer this in the introduction.
A full 345 years after its publication, Vetter's travelogue is published for the first time in Icelandic, translated directly from the Czech by Hallfreður Ernur Eiríksson and Olga Máríu Franzdóttir. The book contains photographs, detailed explanations and indexes.