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One volume comprising six issues. 8vo (23.4 x 15 cm). pp. viii+575. Quarter pale blue buckram over marbled boards, titles and date to spine gilt. Numerous photographic illustrations throughout. A very good copy. Contents include: No. 1. January 1925. Prestage, 'The Fourth Centenary of the Death of Vasco da Gama'; Hingston, 'Physiological Difficulties in the Ascent of Mount Everest'; Hilton-Simpson, 'People of the Aures Massif'; 'Basden', 'Notes on the Ibo Country, S. Nigeria'; Davison, 'Japanese Earthquake of 1 September 1923'; 'The Mount Everest Film of 1924'; Edmonds, 'Two Ancient Monuments in S. Kurdistan'; 'Memorial to Mungo Park and Richard Lander'; 'Notes on the Ross Sea'. Maps: Map of Prismatic Compass Traverses in Onitsha Province. No. 2. February 1925. Cree, 'Yugoslav-Hungarian Boundary Commission'; Cheesman, 'The Deserts of Jafura and Jabrin'; Williamson, 'Irrigation in the Indo-Gangetic Plain'; King, 'The Dakhla-Owenat Road'; 'The Tercentenary of Common Logarithms'; H. G. L., 'Geophysics in the United States: Review'. Maps: Sketch-map to illustrate paper on the Yugoslav-Hungarian Boundary Commission; Map of Routes between 'Oqair and Jabrin Oasis in Eastern Nejd. No. 3. March 1925 Hingston', 'Animal Life at High Altitudes'; Wright,' 'The Ross Barrier and the Mechanism of Ice Movement'; Gould, 'The First Sighting of the Antarctic Continent'; Wilson, 'The Delta of the Shatt al 'Arab and Proposals for Dredging the Bar'; 'Dr. Hamilton Rice on the Rio Branco'; Reynolds, 'Place-Names in Siankiang'; E. H., 'The "Columbian" World-Map in the Bibliothèque Nationale'; 'The Ossendowski Controversy: Review'; C. F. C., 'Carte du Monde au Millionieme: Review'; Lamb, The History and Constitution of the Earth: Review'. Maps: Chart of Bransfield's Track in the Antarctic. No. 4. April 1925. Bruce and Northey, 'Nepal'; Craster, 'Photo-Mechanical Processes of Map Production'; Lenox-Conyngham, 'The Great Barrier Reef'; Parkinson, 'The North-Western Extension of the Jubaland Plain and the Drainage of the Upper Nile'; 'The Geographical Work of the Canadian Arctic Expedition'; Forde, 'Irrigation in South Africa'; Davies, 'Recent Advances in Isostasy: Review'. Maps: Sketch-map of Nepal, to illustrate paper by General Bruce and Major Northey; Map to illustrate the paper on the North-West Extension of the Jubaland Plain; Sketch-map to illustrate paper on Irrigation in South Africa'. No. 5. May 1925. Stein, 'Innermost Asia: its Geography as a Factor in History'; Oldham, 'The Portolan Maps of the Rhône Delta'; 'Lord Curzon of Kedleston'; Maunsell, 'The Land of Elam'; D. B., 'Variations in the Level of Lake Nyasa in Relation to Sunspot Frequency'; W. H. A. W., 'The Population of India: Review'. Maps: Map of the Lop Desert and adjacent parts of the Tarim Basin to illustrate paper by Sir Aurel Stein. No. 6. June 1925. Stein, 'Innermost Asia: its Geography as a Factor in History'; Vening, 'The Determination of Gravity at Sea in a Submarine'; E. G., 'The International Geographical Congress at Cairo'; Balfour, 'The Riddle of the Pacific: Review'; Holmes, 'Radioactivity and Earth History'. Maps: Map of Chinese Turkistan and adjacent parts of Central Asia and Kansu, to illustrate paper by Sir Aurel Stein.
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