Author: Thormodus Torfæus

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780656191987

Excerpt from Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness, and the North To entertain the curious is the design of this translation; for such persons will approve of any endeavour to illustrate the history of Scotland, or of any particular shire or county in it. And as this author gives the most ancient seeamt of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland, of the Western Isles, of Caithness, Sutherland, and counties round the Murray Frith, and mentions many things that may ii lustrate the history of Scotland, I thought proper to trans late it, as it may engage others that are more capable. And have access to libraries, to put these hints in a better dress, and add to the work what is wanting to illustrate the his tory of the times. I have omitted many passages contained in this author, but these were either genealogies of Norwegian families, or long chronological disputes, or else tedious paragraphs from the history of other nations, which had little or no connection with the history of these counties I have men tioned. As to what concerns any part of Scotland I have not omitted the least hint, so that a connection is more visible in the whole by omitting these things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.