Description: 1863 volume of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ARTICLES 1 - Exploration of the Lower Course of the River Burdekin,in Queensland, and its identification with the River Wickham by GEORGE ELPHINSTONE DALRYMPLE,Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Kennedy District of that Colony. Preceded by an extract from a Despatch to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, HM Secretary of State for the Colonies, from His Excellency Sir George F. Bowen,Governor of Queensland dated "Brisbane, 5thMarch,1862" 2 - Reports of the various Expeditions fitted out to relieve,or ascertain the fate of Messrs.BURKE and WILLS 3 - Narrative of a Journey from Tientsin to Moukden in Manchuria in July,1861 by A. MICHIE 4 - Journey from Pekin to St. Petersburg,across the Desert of Gobi by C.M.GRANT 5 - A Visit to the Island of Tsusima by LAURENCE OLIPHANT 6 - Diary of Proceedings of the Mission into Mekran for Political and Survey Purposes, from the 12th to the 19th December 1861 by Major F. J. GOLDSMID 7 - Narrative of a Journey from Lagos to Odé the Capital of the ĺjebu Country in the month ofJanuary 1862 by CAPTAIN BEDINGFELD 8 - On the Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago by ALFRED RUSSELLWALLACE 9 - Memorandum - Earthquake of Erzerûm, June1859 by ROBERT A. O. DALYELL, H.B.M. Consul at Erzerûm 10 - Journey to Abyssinia by S.W. BAKER 11 - An Account of an Exploration of the Elephant Mountain, in Western Equatorial Africa By R. F. BURTON 12 - DR. LIVINGSTONE'S Expedition to Lake Nyassa in 1861-63 13 Diary of Mr. JOHN M'DOUALL STUART'S (Gold Medallist, R.G.S.) Explorations from Adelaide across the Continent of Australia 14 - Upper Basin of the Nile, by Inspection and Information by CAPTAIN J. H. SPEKE and Itineraries of Second East African Expedition,under the command of CAPTAIN SPEKE MAPS - all present 1 - Part of Flinders River, North Australia2 - Eastern Australia - 13.5 inches by 19 inches - badly folded, detached, repaired3 - Manchuria and North China - 16 inches wide4 - Island of Tsusima5 - Coast of Mekran - 22 inches wide - small tear top edge, page edge rough6 - Malay Archipelago - 13 inches wide7 - North Australia8 - Eastern Equatorial Africa - 23 inches by 31 inches - badly folded, detached, repaired Good condition for age. Boards are worn through on right edge of the front / left edge of the back. Leather spine good. Text block is very tight and clear. Maps have some issues, with two being detached, badly folded and repaired.
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Non-Fiction Subject: Geography
Language: English
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