Journal of the Royal Geographical Society Volume 39, 1869.
London: John Murray, 1869. Hard Cover. Important volume of the RGS journal with content such as Antarctic, the Himalaya, Spitzbergen, Southwest United States and Mt. Sinai, including: On Antarctic Discovery and its connection with the Transit of Venus in 1882, by J. E. Davies, with map; On the Basin of the Colorado and the Great Basin of North America, by W. A. Bell, with folding map; On the Formation of Fjords, Canons, Benches, Prairies, and Intermittent Rivers, by R. Brown, with color folding map of Vancouver Island; Account of the Swedish North Polar Expedition of 1868 under the Command of A. E. Nordenskjold, with map of Spitzbergen; Report of the Trans-Himalayan Explorations during 1867, by T. G. Montgomerie; and Notes on the Map of the Peninsula of Sinai by W. Holland, with folding map. Map at p 95 is split.
8vo, cxciv, 356 pp, ads (ii). Orig. publishers blue gilt cloth covers. Item #20866
Price: $450.00