Gustav Georg Winkler offers a travel report and a comprehensive study of the country in this book. The author describes the geography, geology, climate, flora, and fauna of the island of Iceland, organized by regions. Equal emphasis is placed on the depiction of the inhabitants and their way of life. Winkler explores the ethnology of the Icelandic people, including customs, traditional dress, diet, living conditions, and agriculture, and also addresses history and religion. This is a reprint from 1861, featuring woodcuts and a map of Iceland.