The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume X, No. 6 [158r] (168/186)
The record is made up of 1 volume (88 folios). It was created in Dec 1897. 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. vii
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Fig. 8 .—Picked up in the Gulf of Mexico iu 1888 268
Fig. 9.—West Coast of Morocco 269
Fig. 10.—Cable grown round with Coral 270
Fig. 11 .—Bay of Biscay 273
Nyasa-Tanganyika Districts:—Fig. 1.—Section through the two Southern
Arms of Nyasa. Fig. 2.—The Coast round Mount Waller .. .. 292
Fig. 3.—Section of Country from Karonga to top of Plateau, North-West 296
Map of North-West Morocco 301
Map of Boundary between Sierra Leone and French Guinea 348
Sketch-Maps—I. Districts round the Southern Portion of Lake Nyasa.
II. Districts round the Northern Portion of Lake Nyasa. III.
Districts round the Southern Portion of Lake Tanganyika .. .. 348
No. 4. October.
Nupe and Ilorin. By Seymour Vandeleur, D.S.O., Lieut. Scots Guards .. 349
An Anglo-Australasian Antarctic Conference 374
An Expedition to the Source of the Niger. By Colonel J. K. Trotter, r.a. .. 386
A Journey in South-Western Patagonia. By Otto Nordenskjdld 401
A British Protectorate in Africa .. 410
The Phlegramn Fields. By R. T. Gunther, m.a., Magdalen College, Oxford.. 412
The Monthly Recoid 43 (j
Obituary 443
Correspondence 447
Geographical Literature of the Month 450
New Maps .. 461
Maps and Illustrations—
. March to Kabba 351, 353
Market Canoe at Egga 355
Nupe Village 357
Taking Guns across Creek 359
Fulas on the March .. ! .. 351
Fula Emissaries entering Camp 363
River Niger 365
Inside Emir’s Palace, llorin 366
Hausa Priest and Soldier .. .. 367
King of Tamisso 387
Stacking Rice .. .. 388
The Source of the Niger .. .. .. 389
View from the Western Patagonian Channels 403
Mount Payne, from the North 405
Mount Payne and Lake Sarmiento 406
Scenery from Baguales Mountains 407
T ertiary Hilt with Basaltic Cones 408
Fig. 1 .—Capo di Miseno, from the South 417
„ 2 .—Porto di Miseno, from Capo Miseno 418
„ 3.—Porto di Miseno 418
Map of the Avernus Group of Volcanic Craters 419
Soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
in Lake Avernus 420
Fig. 4.—Lake Avernus, from North-east Corner 420
„ 5.—Arco Felice 421
„ 6 .—Monte di Cuma, from the South 422
„ 7.—Campiglione Volcano, from the West 423
„ 8 .—La Senga 424
Map of the Archiagnano group 425
Fig. 9.—View from Camaldoli over part of the Agnano Plain 426
„ 10.—Pignatiello Spur below Camaldoli 428
„ 11.—Tufa Cliffs East of the Gala di Trentaremi 430
Map of the Nupe and Ilorin Countries, lower Niger, with Plans of Bida
and Ilorin 464
Sketch-Map of South-West rn Patagonia 464
Map of the Pblegrtean Fields 464
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- 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.
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- 1 volume (88 folios)
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