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One volume comprising six issues. 8vo (23.4 x 15 cm). pp. viii+596. 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 1926. 'The Death of Queen Alexandra'; Thompson, 'From Yunnan-Fu to Peking along the Tibetan and Mongolian Borders, including the Last Journey of Brig.-Gen. George E. Pereira'; Rodd, 'The Origin of the Tuareg'; Henniker-Heaton, 'Did Sir Richard Hawkins visit Falkland Is.?'; Reynolds, 'The Question of Pronunciation Tables for British Sheets of the International Map'; Fordham, 'Saxton's General Map of England and Wales'; Crawford, ' Archaeology and the Ordnance Survey'; 'The Kalambo Falls'; Wollastan, 'The Third Mount Everest Book: Review'. Maps: Sketch-map of Dr. Gordon Thompson's route from Yunnan-fu to Peking; Sketch-map of his route from Batang to Lanchow; Sketch-map to illustrate Mr. Francis Rodd's paper on the Tuareg. No. 2. February 1926. Ward, 'Explorations in South-Eastern Tibet (with Folding Map and 8 Plates)'; Rasmussen, 'The Fifth Thule Expedition, 1921-24. The Danish Ethnographical and Geographical Expedition from Greenland to the Pacific. With Folding Map, Sketch-map, and 6 plates)'; Ivanov, 'Notes on the Ethnology of Khurasan'; Lynam, 'Floris Balthasar, Dutch Map-maker, and his Sons'; D. W. F., 'The Riddle of Hannibal's Pass: Review'. Maps: Sketch-map showing areas surveyed by Fifth Thule Expedition; Folding map showing routes of major Kingdon Ward and Earl Cawdor in South-Eastern Tibet; Folding map of Arctic America showing routes of the Fifth Thule Expedition. No. 3. March 1926. Collet, 'The Lakes of Scotland and of Switzerland'; Church, 'The Inter-relations of East African Territories'; Hutchinson and Hinks, 'The Photo-theodolite of Mr. H. Wild'; Summer, 'Geography and Prehistoric Earthworks in the New Forest District'; 'The Kalambo Falls'; Rodd, 'Three Maps of the Sahara: Review'; Binney, ' Amundsen's Polar Flight: Review'. Maps: Map of Boundaries in East Africa, to illustrate paper by Major A. G. Church. No. 4. April 1926. Mills, 'The Assam-Burma Frontier'; Collet, 'The Alps and Wgener's Theory'; Salisbury, 'The Geographical Distribution of Plants in Relation to Climactic Factors'; Ivens, ' Notes on Spanish Account of Soloman Is., 1568'; Featherstone, 'The Biafo Glacier'; Aitken, 'South-Western Andalusia and the Tartessos Problem: Review'; J. L. M., 'Petra: its History and Monuments: Review'. Maps: Sketch-map, the Assam-Burma Frontier. No. 5. May 1926. Beadnell, 'Central Sinai'; Winterbotham, 'The Surveys of Canada'; Shields, 'The Western Gonja (Bole) District of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast'; Philipps, 'Geographical Names in the Zande Country'; Austen, Recent Explorations in the North-West District of Papua; 'Callender, 'Medieaval Geography'; N. F. M., 'Hydrology of the Rhône'. Maps: Sketch-map of Central Sinai; Map of Western Gonja Northern Territories, to illustrate paper by C. St. B. Shields; Sketch-map of North-West Papua, to illustrate paper by Leo Austen. No. 6. June 1926. Ref, 'A Recent Visit to Gudru and Gojjam (with 4 Plates and Sketch-map)'; Cornish, 'Harmonies of Tone and Colour in Scenery'; Schwarz, 'The Botletle River (with 2 Plates and Sketch-map)'; 'The Radio-Telegraphy of the Hamilton-Rice Expedition, 1924-25 (with 2 Plates and 4 Diagrams)'; Close, 'The Jubilee of the Real Sociedad Geografica of Madrid'; Chambers, 'Hawkins' Maiden Land and Falkland Is.'. Maps: Sketch-map of Gudru and Gojjam; Sketch-map of the Botletle River.
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