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NEW MAPS.
Egyptian Sudan. Istituto Cartografico Italian©.
Carta del Teatro della Guerra nel Sudan Egiziano, tratta dalle migliori e piii
recenti carte militari inglesi per cura dell’ Istituto Cartografico Italiano. Scale
1: 2,000,000 or 31-8 stat. miles to an inch. Presented by the Istituto Cartograjico
Italiano.
GENERAL.
The World. Peucker.
Atlas fur Handelsschulen, gezeichnet und redigiert von Dr. K. Peucker. Fach-
mannisch bearbeitet von Dr. Th. Cicalek, Professor an der Wiener Handels-
Akademie, J. G. Rothang. Fachlehrer a/d. Weiss’schen u. Beamtenschuloer-
Handelsschule und Dr. Karl Zehden, k. k. Regierungsrath, Professor an der
Wiener Handelsakademie. Wien, 1896. Verlag von Artaria & Co. Price3J5fl.
Presented by the Publishers.
All the principal maps in this atlas are orographically coloured, and numerous
diagrams are given illustrating the wealth and trade of the several countries.
Communications by land and sea are laid down, and at the end of the atlas plans of
the principal cities of the world are given.
The World. Philip.
Philip s New Handy General Atlas of the World—a series of 60 plates, containing
over 120 maps and plans, illustrating physical, political, and commercial geo
graphy. Edited by George Philip, Junr., f.b.g.s. With a complete Index of
over 100,000 names. London: George Philip & Son, 1897. Price £1 10s.
Several maps have been added to the present edition of this atlas, and those
requiring correction have been revised. It now contains 120 maps and plans, and is
a good useful atlas for general reference.
CHARTS
United States Charts. xj s . Hydrographic Office.
Pilot Charts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans for February, 1897.
^®P ai 4 men t of the Navy, Bureau of Navigation. Published at Washington
D.C., December, 1896, at the Hydrographic Office. Charles D. Sigsbee, commander
u.s.sr., Hydrographer. Presented by the U.8. Hydrographic Office.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Sandwich Islands, Samoa, etc. Swinton
Fourteen Photographs of Hawaii, Samoa, and St. Helena, taken by Colonel A.
Swinton, k.a. Presented by Colonel A. Swinton, It.A.
The set of photographs contains eleven views illustrating the scenery of the
Sandwich Islands, and a portrait of a native schoolmistress, one view taken on the
island ot St. Helena, and one of a Samoan hut.
S0 ^ t l Afri0 “; t,, Wootton Isaacson.
uty-enrht Photographs of South-East Africa, including scenes in Capetown
Natal, Transvaal, Zululand, East Coast Ports, and Suez, taken by F. J. Wootton
Isaacson, Esq. Presented by F. J. Wootton Isaacson, Esq.
Id* Trivia? series of photographs taken by Mr. Wootton Isaacson during
^ * i f fi n South , and E ist Africa. There are many characteristic views of the
C flon/ f th i e ,K 0U rp try ad J acent to the coast, and the different towns in the Cape
Colony, Natal, the Transvaal, and East Africa. ^
South Central Africa. Gibbon<
Forty-one Photographs of the Marotse Country, Victoria Falls, Mashikolumbw? 8 ’
Xsfj?. ^ Captaiu A ’ St H - Gibboils > 1895-96. Presented by Captain
The photograph's, taken by Captain Gibbons during his recent travels in Africa
form a vahiaWe addition to the Society’s collection. °Among them are some of Te
Mashikolumwi country and people, which are of great interest.
greatly add to the value of the collection of Photo
graphs which has been established in the Map Room if all th«
ot the Society who have taken photographs dS4|?hefr toavele
forward copies of them to the Map Curator bv whom
f Shoi i ld the donor have purchased the photographs it
.Tress are^given. refer6n0e ‘ f the name 0f the PhotogfaphefSd hu