Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 46, 1876.
London: John Murray, 1876. Hard Cover. Important volume of the RGS journal with content such as New Guinea and Western Australia, including: Description of the country and natives of Port Moresby and Neighborhood, New Guinea, by Octavius Stone; and Journey of Exploration from South to Western Australia, in 1875, by Ernest Giles, with folding map. Articles include: "Journey of Exploration from South to Western Australia, in 1875" by Ernest Giles. Maps are as follows: Map at page 62 (detached) for Diary of a Tour in Khorassan (Iran), by Captain Napier; map at p 172 for Notes of a Journey from Hankow to Ta-li Fu (China), by Augustus Margary; map at p 198 of A visit to the Valley of the Shueli in Western Yunnan , by N. Elias; map at p 228 of the North American Boundary from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains (United States), by Captain Anderson; map at p 262 of The Valley of the Tibagy, (Brazil), by Thomas Bigg-Wither; map at p 277 On the Geography of Eastern Turkistan (Central Asia), by R. B. Shaw; map at p 308, North East Brazil by James Wells; map at p 328, Journey of Exploration from South to Western Australia, by Ernest Giles; map at p 356, Geography of Perak and Salangore (Malaysia), by W. Barrington D'Almeida; map at p 396, Journey to Lake Chad (Africa) by Dr. Nachtigal; map at p 410, Chart of a Portion of the Niger Delta, by Doubleday Boler and Knight; map at p 429, Quanza River, (Angola) by Carl Alexanderson; map at p 430, White Nile from Lardo to Nyamyungo (Angola), by Colonel Gordon. 8vo, cc, 450 pp, ads. All 18 maps preent. Dark blue gilt cloth covers. Small oval library label at spine; covers slt rubbed. Internally, library stickers at ffep and inside cover, embossed stamp at title page, o/w very good. Item #12486
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