The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 84, 1934, July - Dec.
London: Royal Geographical Society, 1934. Hard Cover. Important volume of the RGS journal including content on the Terry and Mackay Explorations in Western and Central Australia, Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Expedition, the Middle East and New Guinea, such as: The Andes of the North West Argentine by E. de Martonne, with map; Surveying Cruises of H.M.S. Challenger off the Coast of Labrador, 1932-3, by A. G. N. Wyatt, with map; Notes on a Survey of the Victoria Falls 1905-6 by H. F. Varian; The Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1933 by A. R. Glen; Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Expedition; A Polish Expedition to the High Andes by S. W. Daszynski; Notes on Current Polar Expeditions by J. M. Scott; The Karakoram And Turkistan Expedition of 1929-30 by Ph. C. Visser; Changes in the Physical Geography of East Africa in Human Times by L. S. B. Leakey; Some Notes on a Recent Journey in Afghanistan by Christopher Sykes, with map; The Himalaya East of the Tsangpo by F. K. Ward, with map; The Central Ranges of the Mandated Territory of New guinea From Mount Chapman to Mount Hagen by E. W. P. Chinnery, with map; Mapping the Purari Plateau, New Guinea, by K. L. Spinks, with map; The Book of the Mt. Everest Expedition, 1933, review by C. F. Meade; Explorations Near the Border of Western Australia by M. Terry, with map; The Mackay Aerial Survey Expedition, Central Australia May-June 1930 by D. Mackay, with map; and Alfred Wegener's Greenland Expeditions 1929 and 1930-31, review by M. Spender. 8vo, 556pp, Index (ii), b&w illus and maps throughout. Dark blue cloth covers with gilt title at spine. Covers gently rubbed, gilt library number hand lettered at base of spine. Internally, sml library stamp inside front cover, o/w very good. Item #12333
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