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American Geographical Society Journal of The American Geographical Society, Vol. XV
New York American Geographical Society 1883 Cloth Very Good
Journal XV contains articles on: Dutch South Africa: Its Hydrography, Mineral Wealth, and Mercantile Possiibilities; The Origin of the Name of America: From the National History of the Peruvians; The Philippine Isands: their physical characters, customs of the people, products, earthquake phenomena, and savage tribes; Currents of the Pacific Ocean (3 charts and tables, 4 maps, 5 graphs of Profile of Voyages); Explanatory Remarks as to "The Sun, Planet and Star Instrument"; The First Landing on Wrangel Island, with some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants: (illustrated with various charts, map of Wrangel Island, illustratin of ornamentation of women of St. Lawrence island, and various diagrams of skulls; The Valley of the Loire and its Historic Chateaux, (by Gen. George W. Cullum); Winter Grazing in the Rocky Mountains; Journey Through Southeastern Russia; Mexico: Her Physical Geography and Resources; In Memoriam or Peter Cooper; Address of Chief Justice Daly; Political Geography of Egypt; Dutch Polar Expedition of 1882-3, (Voyage of the steamship Vara lost in the Kara sea.). The AGS was founded in 1851 as the American Geographical and Statistical Society; and started publishing journals as early as 1852. In 1871, it became the American Geographical Society . Green cloth boards and spine, gilt title to spine. Spine ends rubbed and bumped. Lower 4 1/4 inches of spine cracked, smudge to upper corner pastedown, corner of e.p. torn. All else very clean, solidly bound. sm 4 to., 380 pp.
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35.00 USD
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