The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6

Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 77 and the entire contents are listed on folio 78.

The contents of the journal are as follows.

• The President's Opening (ff 87-88).

Articles:

• 'Recent Journeys in Persia' by Percy Molesworth Sykes (ff 88-103)
• 'A Journey to Siwa in September and October 1896' by Wilfred Jennings-Bramly (ff 103-108)
• 'Ancient Trading Centres of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' by Arthur William Stiffe (ff 108-113)
• 'Potamology as a Branch of Physical Geography' by Professor Albrecht Penck (ff 114-116)
• 'The Topographical Work of the Geological Survey of Canada' by Joseph Burr Tyrrell (ff 116-119)

Other items:

• Historic and Literature of the Klondike Region (ff 120)
• The Monthly Record (ff 120-125)
• Obituary (ff 125-127)
• Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 127-132)
• New Maps (ff 133-134).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

In addition, folio 161 features a pattern of the commemorative coin for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, with an advert on the back.

Extent and format

1 volume (88 folios)

It is part of

Copies of Journals Containing Articles on Persia and the Persia Gulf

1501 images

Ref: Mss Eur F111/393

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F111/393, ff 77-167

History of this record

Date(s)

Dec 1897 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

The Geographical Journal

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