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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎436v] (225/232)

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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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CONTENTS.
PACK
The Monthly Record 552
Correspondence .. 569
Geographical Literature of the Month 569
New Maps 592
Maps and Illustrations.
View of Kwen Lun Range, from
Shor Kul 505
Glaciers near Sources of Kiria River 509
General View of Sources of Khotan
River 513
The most Westerly Bend of Yarkand
River, taken from the Mouth of
the Mariong Valley 517
Map of the Sikait District .. .. 538
In the Desert: halfway to the Mines 539
Plan of Mined Area between Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Nugrus and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sikait.. .. 540
Plan of Jebel Sikait, showing position
of mines 540
Jebel Sikait from the west .. .. 541
Roman Hill, Jebel Sikait .. .. 542
] View of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. from Jebel Sikait .. 543
Small Shrine in the hills between
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Nugrus and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sikait,
cut in the soft rock 544
Abbadi Natives 545, 546
Bathymetric Chart of the Malay
Archipelago 550
Map of part of Tibet and Sin-Chiang
(Chinese Turkestan) 596
Orographical Map of Afghanistan
and Baluchistan 596
Sketch-map of part of South-Western
China 596
Survey of a Route from Um Selim
to Sikait 596
No. 6. December.
The President’s Opening Address, Session 1900-1901
An Expedition between Lake Rudolf and the Nile. By Dr. A. Donaldson
Smith
The Voyages of Diogo Cao and Bartholomeu Dias, 1482-88. By E. G.
Ravenstein
The Oases of the Mudirieh of Assyut. By A. R. Guest
The Danish East Greenland Expedition in 1900. By Lieut. G. C. Amdrup”
R.D.N _
On the Afghan Frontier: A Reconnaissance in Shugnan .. *’
The Monthly Record ..
Correspondence
Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society " ’ ”
Geographical Literature of the Month •
New Maps
597
600
625
655
662
666
679
691
693
694
707
Maps and Illustrations.
On the Omo at Mursu 603
Bad Sands, near Saki, east of Lake
Stefanie 605
Gazella Grantii Brightii 607
Mursu on the River Omo 610
Cedar Valley 612
A Magois Youth 613
Near Magois 615
Raffia Palms, Country of the Akara 617
Tragelaphus Bor (Heuglin) .. .. 619
The Nile at Fort Berkeley .. .. 623
The Arms of Portugal up to 1485 .. 628
The Padrao of Sao Jorge 630
The Coat-of-arms of D. Cao, 1484 .. 632
The Padrao of Cape Cross .. .. 634
The Royal Coat-of-arms, 1485.. .. 634
Fragments of a Padrao of B. Dias,
1487 642
Sketch-map of the Oases of Assyut 656
Er Ramlah el Kabir, on the Assyut
Road to Kharjah 657
Oasis of Kharjah
Town of Mut, Oasis of Dakhilah !!
General View of Kasr Dakhil, Oasis
of Dakhilah
Ruined Temple, Smint el Kharab ..
Sketch of the Course of the Ant
arctic and of the Coast-Expedi
tion in 1900
Cape Garde, on Blossonville Coast
Cape Christiansen, 67° 13' N. lat. ..
View from the North Side of Kau'-
gerdlugsuak
A Small Glacier East of Kaugerdlug-
suak
Auroral Curves in the Antarctic and
in Canada
Map to illustrate Explorations in
North-East Africa
Maps illustrating the Voyages of
Diogo Cao and Bartholomeu
Dias
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
692
712
712

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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.

Extent and format
1 volume (111 folios)
Written in
English in Latin script
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