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The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4 [177r] (24/172)
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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The
Geographical Journal
No. 4. APRIL, 1897. Vol. IX.
THE FIRST CROSSING OF SPITSBERGEN."
By Sir W. MARTIN CONWAY.
On June 17, 1596, Spitsbergen was discovered by the Dutch navigator,
William Barents. On the 300th anniversary of that day, by a strange
chance—for it was nothing but a chance—the party of which I had the
honour to be leader came in sight of the island. During those three
centuries its coasts and waters have been more frequently and better
studied than any other portion of the Arctic regions; but the interior
remained practically unknown, and had only been penetrated by ex
plorers on three occasions. In 1892, Herr Gustav Nordenskjold crossed
the inland ice in three days from Horn sound to Schoonhoven (Recherche
bay); in July of the same year he spent four days in the hill country
between Advent and Coles bays; lastly, in 1892, Mons. Charles Rabot,
with some men from the French man-of-war La Manche, landed at Sassen
bay, and spent three days marching up the Sassendal, ascending Peak
Milne-Edwards, and returning to Sassen bay by the same route.
Our party consisted of Dr. J. W. Gregory, whose book on the ‘ Great
Rift Yalley of East Africa ’ is well known; Mr. A. Trevor-Battye, author
of ‘ Ice-bound on Kolguef; ’ Mr. E. J. Garwood, an expert mountaineer,
geologist, and photographer; and my cousin, Mr. H. E. Conway, artist.
We took with us two Norwegian sailors, two Tromso ponies to draw our
sledges, and one whale-boat. After some trouble with the ice that infested
the seas to the south and west of Spitsbergen and delayed our entry into
Ice fjord, we made a successful landing on Advent point, the spit which
protects the mouth of Advent bay. Our steamer was shared with the
* Paper read at the Royal Geographical Society, January 25, 1897. The common
spelling of the name Spitzbergen is wrong. The name is Dutch, and should be spelt
Spitsbergen (from spits, “ a point ”)• Map, p. 472.
No. IV.—April, 1897.] 2 b
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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 View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F111/393, ff 168-251
- Title
- The Geographical Journal(Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4
- Pages
- 169r:250v
- Author
- The Geographical Journal xx Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London xx Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography
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- Mss Eur F111/393, ff 168-251
- Title
- The Geographical Journal(Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume IX, No. 4
- Pages
- 177r:190v
- Author
- Conway, William Martin, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
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- ©Royal Geographical Society
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