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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XII, No. 2 [‎297r] (96/154)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (72 folios). It was created in Aug 1898. 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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AREAS OF NORTH AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN RIVER-BASINS. 183
■C. Domain of the Arctic Ocean—
continued.
Sq. miles.
4. Repulse bay to Churchill
river 177,500
5. Churchill 158,500
6 . Churchill river to Nelson
river 7,500
7. Nelson 417,000
S. Nelson river to Cape
Chidley 600,000
2,444,000
D. Atlantic Domain.
A. Domain of the Open Sea.
1. Cape Chidley to the St.
Lawrence 169,000
2 . SL Lawrence 482,000
3. St. Lawrence to the St.
Croix inclusive 67,500
4. St. Croix to Cape Cod ... 32,000
5. Cape Cod to Sandy Hook 35,000
6 . Sandy Hook to Cape Henry
(Chesapeake bay) ... 84,500
7. Cape Henry to Charleston 75,500
8 . Charleston to the Straits
of Florida 47,000
992,500
B. Domain of the Gulf of Mexico.
9. Straits of Florida to the
Mississippi 149,000
10. Mississippi—
(a) Left bank from the
mouth to Cairo ... 32,000
(5) Ohio 204,500
(c) Left bank from Cairo
to the source 120,000
(cl) Right bank from the
source to St. Louis ... 84,000
(e) Missouri 519,500
(/) Arkansas, Red river,
and rest of right bank 293,500
D. Atlantic Domain— continued.
Sq. miles.
11 . Mississippi to Rio Grande
del Norte 193,000
12 . Rio Grande del Norte ... 220,000
13. Rio Grande del Norte to
Rio Panuco 21,000
14. Panuco 38,000
15. Tampico to Santa Anna
(isth. of Tehuantepec)... 46,500
16. Santa Anna to Laguna de
Terminos 62,000
17. Laguna de Terminos to
Cape Catoche 25,000
2,009,500
C. Domain of the Caribbean Sea.
18. Cape Catoche to False
cape 74,000
19. False cape to Monkey point
(Pta. Gorda) 30,000
20. Monkey point to Ochoa
(Greytown) 18,000
21. Ochoa to Colon 9,000
131,000
E. Regions of Inland Drainage.
1. Great Basin and Mohave
desert
208,500
2 .
Tulare lake
14,500
3.
Gila desert south of the
Rio Gila...
13,500
4.
Colorado desert and in-
terior of Lower California
36,500
5.
Sierra Madre plateau
34,000
6 .
Mexico between San Luis
Potosi and Rio Grande
del Norte
87.000
393,500
AUSTRALIAN RIVER-BASINS.
A. General Synopsis.
1. Domain of the Pacific
Ocean 240,500
2. Domain of the Indian
Ocean 1,127,000
3. Regions of Inland Drainage 1,567,500
2,935,000
B. Domain of the Pacific Ocean.
1 Cape Wilson to Mount
Liudsay 67,000
2. Mount Lindsay to Keppel
bay 31,000 j
B. Domain of the Pacific Ocean—
continued.
3. Fitzroy 54,500
4. Keppel bay to Trinity bay 68,000
5. Trinity bay to Cape York 20,500
240,500
C. Domain of the Indian Ocean.
A. Cape York to the North-west Cape.
1. Cape York to Melville bay
(Gulf of Carpentaria) ... 235,500
2. Melville bay to Roebuck
bay 201,000
3. Larrey point to North
west cape 87,500
524,000

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Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 252, and the entire contents are listed on folio 253. The contents of the journal are as follows.

Articles:

  • 'On the Annual Range of Temperature in the Surface Waters of the Ocean, and its Relation to Other Oceanographical Phenomena' by Sir John Murray (ff 260-272)
  • 'An Exploration in 1897 of Some of the Glaciers of Spitsbergen' by Sir William Martin Conway (ff 272-278 and ff 281-284)
  • 'Mr Frazer's Pausanias' by Reverend Henry Fanshawe Tozer (ff 284-286)
  • 'Proposal for an Expedition to Sannikoff Land' by Baron Eduard von Toll (ff 286-291)
  • 'Russian Navigators in the Arctic Ocean in 1895-96' by Colonel J Shokalsky (ff 291-293)
  • 'United States Daily Atmospheric Survey' by Willis L Moore (ff 293-295)
  • ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Notes' by Captain Arthur William Stiffe (ff 295-296).

Other items:

  • Pamphlet on a forthcoming work entitled 'Northwards over the Great Ice' by Robert E Peary (ff 279-280)
  • Areas of North America and Australian River-basins (ff 296-297)
  • The Glaciers of Russia in 1896 (ff 297-298)
  • The Monthly Record (ff 298-303)
  • Obituary (ff 303-306)
  • Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1897-98 (f 306)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 306-316)
  • New Maps (ff 316-318).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

Extent and format
1 volume (72 folios)
Written in
English in Latin script
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