Description: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AND MONTHLY RECORD OF GEOGRAPHY. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL, AND EDITED BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY NEW MONTHLY SERIES. VOL. I., 1879. LONDON: EDWARD STANFORD 1879 The official journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London featuring papers and maps by noted explorers, geographers and travellers of the great Victorian age discovery. Jan-Dec 1879 ARTICLES & MAPS Fly River, New Guinea. By L. M. D'Albertis Arctic Expeditions of 1878. By C. R. Markham The Mountain Passes on the Afghan Frontier of British India. By C. R. Markham MAPS.—Fly River, New Guinea; Eastern Afghanistan; Arctic Coasts of Europe and Asia The Usarnbara Country in East Africa. By Rev. J. P. Farler A Journey through Cyprus in the Autumn of 1878. By J. Thomson Rough Notes on Pre-Historic Cyprus. By Sir H. C. Rawlinson The Upper Basin of the Kabul River. By C. R. Markham The New Maharajahate of Sabak, Borneo. By P. L. Sclater. MAP.—The Hindu Kush and its Passes The Road to Merv. By Sir H. C. Rawlinson The Basin of the Helmund. By C. R. Markham Books and Memoirs on Zulu-land Maps of Zulu-land MAPS;—The Turcoman Steppe and Khorassan; Western Afghanistan—The Helmund River Explorations Inland from Mount Cameroons, and Journey through Congo to Makuta. By the Rev. T. J. Comber On the Bamangwato Country. By Captain R. R. Patterson The Mountain Passes leading to the Valley of Bamian. By Lieutenant-General E. Kaye, C.B. African Overland Telegraph MAPS.—Mount Cameroons; Bamangwato Country The Second Circumnavigation of Lake Nyassa. By Dr. James Stewart Journey along Part of the Western Side of Lake Nyassa, in 1878. By the Rev. Dr. Laws Notes on the Physical Geography of Zulu-land and its Borders. By the Rev. George Blencowe MAP.—Lake Nyassa The Annual Address on the Progress of Geography. By C. R. Markham Admiralty Surveys, 1878-9 The Mardian Hills and the Lower Indravati in the Bustar Dependency. By Captain T. H. Holdich MAP.-The Buslar Dependency Native Routes in East Africa, from Dar-es-Salaam towards Lake Nyassa. By Keith Johnston Geographical Evolution. By Professor Archibald Geikie, F.R.S. Explorations in Western Tibet, by the Trans-Himalayan Parties of the Indian Trigonometrical Survey MAP.—Dar es-Salaam Routes Major Serpa Pinto's Journey across Africa Across China from Chin-Kiang to Bhamo, 1877. By J. McCarthy Notes on Matabeli-land. By (the late) Captain R. R. Patterson MAPS.—South Africa; Central and Southern China Notes of a Trip from Zanzibar to Usambara, in February and March, 1879. By Keith Johnston Notes on the Geology of Usamhara. By J. Thomson On the Origin of the Flora of the European Alps. By J. Ball MAP.—Southern Usambara Survey Operations of the Afghanistan Expedition; the Kurram Valley. By Captain Gerald Martin History and Present Condition of our Geographical Knowledge of Madagascar. By the Rev. James Sibree, jun MAP.—Madagascar Notes on the Topography of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, U.S. of Colombia. By F. A. A. Simons The Exploration of Oregon in 1878 by the Wheeler Survey. By J. W. Goad. Pevtsof's Expedition in North-western Mongolia. By E. Delmar Morgan MAP.—Northern Part of the State of Magdalena, U.S. of Colombia Address on the Opening of the 49th Session of the Society, November 10th, 1879. By the Eight Hon. the Earl of Northbrook The Dutch Expedition to Central Sumatra. By Professor P. J. Veth Notes on the Cocos or Keeling Islands. By Henry O.Forbes Boundary-line of Chili and Bolivia Professor Nordenskiold on the Vega in her Winter Quarters MAPS.—The Cocos or Keeling Islands ; District of Atacama REGULAR FEATURES Geographical Notes Obituary Report of the Evening Meetings Proceedings of Foreign Societies New Books and New Maps 24 x 17 cm. vii + 840 pp + 16 folding maps. Good condition, ex-library (reference) with all maps stamped, impressive bookplate of Grimsby library on the front pastedown. Boards rubbed and edges worn. Front hinge cracking but binding still firm. A little foxing to the margins but otherwise the pages are clean and tidy. All maps are present but stamped front and back, otherwise in good order. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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