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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XII, No. 2 [‎308v] (119/154)

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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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GEOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE OF THE MONTH.
Russia—Caucasus. _ Akinflyeff.
M€m. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897): 1-3/.
Alpine Plants of Central Caucasus. By I. Akinfiyeff. [In Russian.]
A list of plants, the botanical names in Latin, and the range of height in feet.
Russia—Caucasus. Dinnik.
Mfm. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897): Append. 1-81.
The Provence of Kuban at the sources of the rivers Yrushten and Belaya. By
N. Ya. Diunik. With Map. [In Russian.]
Russia—Caucasus. Jmsion.
Mtrm. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897) : Append. 2, 1-111.
Notes on Svanetia. By Prince Raphail Davidovich Eristoft'. [In Russian.]
Russia—Caucasus. Kawraisky.
Die Lachse der Kaukasusliinder und Hirer angrenzenden Meere. Von F. F. Kaw
raisky. 2 t " Lieferung. Tiflis, 1897. Size 10 x 7, pp. 80. Plates.
On the Salmonidao of the Caucasus. The memoir is in duplicate, Russian and
German.
Russia Caucasus Kondratenko.
M€m. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897): 369-380.
Tables showing the distribution of the population of Trans-Caucasus according to
religion. By E. Kondratenko. With Map and Tables. [In Russian.]
The map of the distribution of religious forms in the Trans-Caucasus is on the scale
of 50 miles to an inch.
Russia—Caucasus. Markovich.
M&m. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897): 229-338.
In the forests of Ichkeria, Caucasus. By V. V. Markovich. [In Russian.] With
Illustrations.
Describes the economic utilization of the forests, and the farming carried on in the
district, with illustrations of the implements used.
Russia—Caucasus. Nineteenth Cenhiry 43 (1898) : 717-723. Napier of Magdala.
The Caucasus and Tirah: a Retrospect. By the Right Hon. Lord Napier of
Magdala.
A comparison of warfare in mountain regions held by independent tribes in dif
ferent countries.
Russia—Caucasus. Vinnikoff.
Mem. Caucasian Sect. Imp. Russian G.S. 19 (1897): 169-194.
List of points in the Caucasus, geographically determined by the military-
topographical section of the Caucasus. By N. Vinnikoff. [In Russian.]
The geographical co-ordinates of about 500 determined points are given, and also
an alphabetical index of the places.
Russia—Sakhalin. Dickins.
A Journal kept in Karafuto. A Paper by Mr. F. Victor Dickius. Read before
the Japan Society of London, December 11, 1895. Size 10 x 6£, pp. 30. Illus
trations. Presented by the Translator.
Russia—Siberia. Questions Diplomat, et Colon. 1 (1897): 285-288.
L’etat actuel du chemin de fer transsiberieu, par uu ingenieur russe. With Map.
Russia—Siberia. Lopatin.
I. A. Lopatin. Itinerary of the Turukhansk Expedition in 1866. Discussed by
M. N. Miklukho-Maklay. Zapiski, Imperial Russian Geographical Society,
General G<ography, T. xxviii. No. 2. St. Petersburg, 1897. Size 10 x 7, pp. x.
and 192. Map and Diagrams. [In Russian ]
On the geological results of the expedition, including a geological map of the
Yenesei from Yeneseisk to the sea.
Russia—Siberia. A travers le Monde, Tour du Monde 4 (1898) : 73-76. Labbe.
De Tomsk h Tachkent, ITnstruction publique—les Ecoles russes et indigenes—
1’Enseignement du francjais. Par M. Paul Labbe'. With Illustrations.
On the system of education in South-Western Siberia and Central Asia.

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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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