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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society

1853; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

Norton Shaw, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, C. E. Trevelyan, Roderick I. Murchison, Captain H. Strachey, John Craufurd, Dr. Arthur Saunders Thomson, Commander Alexey Butakoff, Augustus Petermann, Commander Ed. A. Inglefield, Dr. H. Rink, Capt. William Allen, Captain William Allen, Captain W. Allen, Captain William Allen, Capt. Robert Fitzroy, Lieutenant Charles Friend, Colonel J. A. Lloyd, H. R. H. Prince Albert, Mr. Alfred R. Wallace, A. G. Findlay, M. F. Maury, Sir J. F. Davis, Sir R. H. Schomburgk,

Frontmatter: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Royal Geographical Society, Papers Read before the Royal Geographical Society, Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing-Cross. Table of contents: Index to Volume the Twenty-Third, Contents of Vol. XXIII. Essay: Report on the Return of Lady Franklin's Vessel the Prince Albert, under the Command of Mr. Wm. Kennedy, from the Arctic Regions, Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London Obituary, Presentation of the Gold Medals Awarded to Mr. Francis Galton and Commander E. A. Inglefield, R. N., The Mines of Copiapo. By Colonel J. A. Lloyd, F.R.S., F.R.G.S., H.B.M. Chargé D'affaires in Bolivia Communicated by H. R. H. Prince Albert, British Isles.—Ordnance Survey of Scotland, An Attempt to Account for Numerous Appearances of Sudden and Violent Drainage on the Sides of the Basin of the Dead Sea. By Captain W. Allen, R. N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., Report of the Council, Royal Geographical Society, Names of Individuals to Whom the Royal Premium Has Been Awarded, The Ancient Harbour of Seleucia, in Pieria. By Captain William Allen, R. N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., Maps, Charts, &c. Atlases, Physical Geography of Western Tibet. By Captain H. Strachey, of the Bengal Army, F.R.G.S. (Gold Medallist), A Sketch of the Geography of Borneo. By John Craufurd, Esq., F.R.S., &c. Read May 10, 1852, Foreign Honorary and Corresponding Members Honorary, Library Regulations, Twelfth Ordinary Meeting, June 13, 1853 Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Vice-President, in the Chair, The Peninsula and Bay of Samaná, in the Dominican Republic. By Sir R. H. Schomburgk, H. B. M. Consul at the Dominican Republic, Corresponding F.R.G.S., &c. Communicated by the Foreign Office, Corresponding, Ordinary Fellows, List of Public Institutions, &c., to Which Copies of the Journal Are Presented, Chronometers and Instruments, Arctic Discovery and Continued Search after Franklin, Russia, Sir John Franklin, the Sea of Spitzbergen, and Whale-Fisheries in the Arctic Regions. By Augustus Petermann, F.R.G.S., Miscellaneous, Survey of the Sea of Aral. By Commander Alexey Butakoff, of the Imperial Russian Navy Communicated in a Letter to Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Further Considerations on the Great Isthmus of Central America. By Capt. Robert Fitzroy, R. N., &c., Chusan, with a Survey Map of the Island. By Sir J. F. Davis, Bart., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., On the Island of Ruad, North Syria. By Capt. William Allen, R. N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., On the Rio Negro. By Mr. Alfred R. Wallace Communicated by Mr. Petermann, Sir, in Answer to Your Circular of the 20th April, I Beg to State That, Having Formerly, and Especially in My Printed Evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons (1851), Fully Expressed My Views regarding the Relative Merits of Maps of Scotland on the Scales of 6 Inches and 1 Inch to the Mile, I Shall Only Briefly Recur to That Question in the Few General Observations with Which This Letter Concludes, Postscript, On the Large Continental Ice of Greenland, and the Origin of Icebergs in the Arctic Seas. By Dr. H. Rink, of Copenhagen, Oceanic Currents, and Their Connection with the Proposed Central-America Canals. By A. G. Findlay, F.R.G.S., Observations on the Stature, Bodily Weight, Magnitude of Chest, and Physical Strength of the New Zealand Race of Men. By Dr. Arthur Saunders Thomson, 58th, Regt., Sir— the Clipper Ship Sovereign of the Seas, McKay, Has Made Such an Extraordinary Run, That I Beg to Make It the Subject Matter of an Official Report, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London Session 1852-53, Multiple Essay Items, The Next Meeting of the British Association Will Be Held at Liverpool, Account of Two Expeditions in Central Africa by the Furanys, Accessions to the Library To May, 1853, Notes of an Excursion from the Banks of the Atrato to the Bay of Cupica, on the Coast of the Pacific, in the Year 1827. By Lieutenant (Now Commander) Charles Friend, R. N., Appendix, Notes on the Possessions of the Imaun of Muskat, on the Climate and Productions of Zanzibar, and on the Prospects of African Discovery from Mombas. By Colonel Sykes, F.R.S., F.R.G.S., Anniversary Meeting, 1 P. M., May 23, 1853, Report on the Return of the Isabel from the Arctic Regions. By Commander Ed. A. Inglefield, F.R.G.S. (Gold Medallist), On the Watershed of Wadi El Arabà. By Captain William Allen, R. N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S.. Backmatter: London: Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross.