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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4 [‎247r] (164/172)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (81 folios). It was created in Apr 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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Content

A summary of the journal's contents appears on folio 168, and the entire contents are listed on folio 169.

The contents of the journal are as follows.

Articles:

  • 'The First Crossing of Spitsbergen' by Sir William Martin Conway (ff 177-190)
  • 'Two years' travel in Uganda, Unyoro and on the Upper Nile' by C F S Vandeleur (ff 191-203)
  • 'The Southern Borderlands of Afghanistan' by Captain Arthur Henry McMahon (ff 203-214)
  • 'The Perso-Baluch Boundary' By Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich (ff 214-217)
  • 'The River Oder.' (ff 217-219)
  • 'The Teaching of Geography in Relation to History' by Arthur Westlake Andrews (ff 220-226).

Other items:

  • The Monthly Record (ff 227-233)
  • Obituary (f 233)
  • Correspondence (ff 233-234)
  • Meetings of the Royal Geographical Society, Session 1896-1897 (f 234)
  • Geographical Literature of the Month (ff 234-241)
  • New Maps (ff 241-242).

The journal features advertisements at the front and rear.

Extent and format
1 volume (81 folios)
Written in
English in Latin script
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