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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎368v] (89/232)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (111 folios). It was created in Dec 1900. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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662 THE DANISH EAST GREENLAND EXPEDITION IN 1900.
they shared in the decline of Egypt under the later Boman rule 7
being subject to raids from the south after the withdrawal of their
garrison, while the closing of the roads to the west must have been
a serious blow to their importance.
THE DANISH EAST GREENLAND EXPEDITION IN 1900.
By Lieut. G. C. AMDRUP, R.D.N.
Till 1898 no one had set foot upon the east coast of Greenland from
about 6o|° lat. to about 70^° lat. except some Eskimo, who, it was
ascertained by the expedition of G. Colin in 1883-85, had formerly lived
on the coast to about 67f° lat. Several expeditions had tried to pass
the ice-river which blocks the coast, but had not succeeded; one of
them on board the French brig Lilloise, commanded by Lieut. Blosse-
ville, disappeared, with all hands on board, in 1833. The coast from
68J° to 69 ° N. had been mapped from on board ship, but at a rather
SKETCH OF THE COURSE OF THE “ ANTARCTIC ” AND OF THE COAST-EXPEDITION IN 1900.

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A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 327, and the entire contents are listed on folio 328. The contents of the journal are as follows.

  • The President's Opening Address, Session 1900-1901 (ff 336-337).

Articles:

  • 'The Expedition between Lake Rudolf and the Nile' by Dr Arthur Donaldson Smith (ff 337-350) and a Map of North East Africa (f 394)
  • 'The Voyages of Diogo Cão and Bartholomeu Dias, 1482-88' by Ernst Georg Ravenstein (ff 350-365) and Map illustrating the voyage (f 402)
  • 'The Oases of the Mudirieh of Assyut' by A R Guest (ff 365-368)
  • 'The Danish East Greenland Expedition in 1900' by Lieutenant Georg Carl Amdrup (ff 368-370)
  • 'On the Afghan Frontier: A Reconnaissance in Shugnan' communicated by Dr A Marcoff (ff 370-377).

Other items:

  • The Monthly Record (ff 377-383)
  • Correspondence (ff 383-384)
  • Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1900-1901 (f 384)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 384-391)
  • New Maps (ff 391-393).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

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1 volume (111 folios)
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English in Latin script
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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎368v] (89/232), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/393, ff 327-440, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100179984181.0x000078> [accessed 7 July 2026]

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