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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London

1838; Gale Group; Linguagem: English

William R. Hamilton, J. Tremayne Rodd, W. I. Hamilton, John Biddulph, John Washington, E. D'Arcy Todd, John Backhouse, Sir Grenville T. Temple, Lt. Col. J. Shiel, Hon. W. Fox Strangways, E. D'Arcy Todd, John Backhouse, W. Taylor Thomson, W. Ainsworth, James Brooke, Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, W. J. Hamilton, William Ainsworth, Lt. R. Ethersey, Captain Thomas Best Jervis, Mr. T. Spratt, T. Simpson, Peter W. Dease, J. H. Pelly, Sir Grenville T. Temple, Mr. Charles J. Cruttenden, James Baillie Fraser, E. Legh Page, Lt. T. G. Carless, Major Edward Sabine, Dr. E. Eichwald, W. R. Hamilton, A. T. Kupffer, Carsten Niebuhr, Rev. G. C. Renouard, Ferd. Heinr. Mueller, Dr. I. C. Prichard, Captain R. Boileau Pemberton, A. Th. D'Abbadie, J. Cowles Pritchard, Prof. K. E. Von Baer, F. G. W. Struve, Captain H. G. Hamilton, F. G. W. Struve, Professor K. E. Von Baer, Captain W. C. Symonds, Captain H. G. Hamilton, J. B. Pentland, Lt. Col. Justus Shtel, Lt. Col. W. H. Sykes, James Brooke,

Frontmatter: Royal Geographical Society, The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London. Table of contents: List of Illustrations to Vol. VIII, Contents of Part III., Volume VIII, Index, Contents of Volume VIII. Editorial: Errata. Essay: Geographical Positions of the Principal Points of Eastern Greece, Determined by the Triangulation of Monsieur Peytier, Capitaine D'etat Major. Communicated by Captain H. G. Hamilton, Royal Navy, Treasurer's Balance Sheet, 1837, Sketch of the Island and Gulf of Symi, on the South-Western Coast of Anatolia, in February, 1837. By James Brooke, Esq., On the Difference of Level between the Black Sea and the Caspian. Communicated by the Baron Alexander Von Humboldt, Abstract of the Historical Evidence for the Discovery of America by the Scandinavians in the Tenth Century. Extracted from the "Antiquitates Americanæ", Notes of a Journey in Asia Minor, in 1837. By W. J. Hamilton, Esq. Read 26th March, 1838, An Account of the Recent Arctic Discoveries by Messrs. Dease and T. Simpson. Communicated by J. H. Pelly, Esq., Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Etudes Grammaticales Sur La Langue Euskarienne. Par A. Th. D'abbadie Et T. Aug. Chaho. Communicated by J. Cowles Prichard, M. D., F. R. S., &c., Brief Notice of the Gulfs of Kos and Symi. By Lieutenants Graves and Brock, R. N. Communicated by Captain Beaufort, Royal Navy, F. R. S., Corr. Inst. France, On the Use of Common Thermometers to Determine Heights. By Lieut.-Col. W. H. Sykes, F. R. S., Names of Individuals to Whom the Royal Premium Has Been Awarded, Maps Recently Published Europe, Descriptions Sketch of the Islands and Coast Situated at the Entrance of the Persian Gulf. By Lieutenant Whitelock, Indian Navy. Communicated by the Bombay Geographical Society, On the Ground Ice or Frozen Soil of Siberia. By Professor Baer. Communicated by Admiral Krusenstern. Read February, 1838, On a New Construction of a Map of a Portion of Western Africa, Showing the Possibility of the Rivers Yeú and Chadda Being the Outlet of the Lake Chad. By Captain W. Allen, Royal Navy. Read 25th June, 1838, On the Recent Russian Expeditions to Novaïa Zemlia. By Professor K. E. Von Baer, Additional Observations on the Remarkable Tides in the Gulf of Cambay. By Captain Thomas Best Jervis, E. I. C. Engineers, F. R. S., Foreign Honorary Members, Proposed Exploring Expedition to the Asiatic Archipelago. By James Brooke, Esq., On the Bay of Antioch, and the Ruins of Seleucia Pieria. By Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney, Royal Artillery, F. R. S. Read May 14, 1838, Gentlemen, after the Report of the Council, Which Has Been Just Read to You, on the Progress of Geography, and the Labours of Our Society for the Promotion of That Science during the past Year, Observations Météorlogiques Et Magnétiques Faites Dans L'étendue De L'empire De Russie. Redigées Et Publiées Par A. T. Kupffer, Membre De L'acad. De Sci. De St. Petersbourg, &c. 4to. 1837. Communicated by Colonel Jackson, Memoir to Accompany the Survey of the Delta of the Indus, in 1837, by Lieut. T. G. Carless, Indian Navy. Communicated by the Geographical Society of Bombay, Notes upon the Comparative Geography of the Cilician and Syrian Gates. By William Ainsworth, Esq. Read April 9, 1838, On the Bore, or Rushing Tide, in the Gulf of Cambay, and at the Entrances of the Máhí and Sábarmati Rivers. By Lieut. R. Ethersey, Indian Navy. Communicated by the Bombay Geographical Society, Journal De La Navigation Autour Du Globe, De La Frégatela Thétis Et De La Corvette L'espérance, Pendant Les Années 1824-6. Par M. Le Baron De Bougainville, Capitaine De Vaisseau. 2 Vols. 4to. Paris, 1837. Publié Par Ordre Du Roi, Report on Mr. Ainsworth's Observations on the Magnetic Intensity of the Earth, Made during a Journey across the Continent of Europe in 1838. By Major Edward Sabine, R. A., Reisebeschreibung Nach Arabien Und Andern Umliegenden Ländern. Von Carsten Niebuhr. 3d Band. Hamburg. 1837.4to [Carsten Niebuhr's Narrative of a Journey to Arabia and Other Contiguous Countries. Third Vol.] Communicated …, Miscellaneous Recent Intelligence upon the Frozen Ground in Siberia. By Prof. K. E. Von Baer, Imp. Ac. Sci., St. Petersburgh, Notes on a Journey from Belize to Guatemala, and Return by the River Polochic in 1834. By E. Legh Page, Esq., Heights Obtained during the Campaign to Kostantinah, in September, 1837. By Monsieur De Falbe, Captain in the Danish Royal Navy, Late Consul General at Tunis and at Athens. Communicated by Sir Grenville T. Temple, Bart, On the Site of Cusco, &c. By J. B. Pentland, Esq., H. M. Consul in Bolivia. Communicated by Captain Beaufort, Royal Navy, Corresponding Members, Estimate for 1838, List of Members of the Royal Geographical Society, Remarks on the Supposed Situation of Minoa and Nisœa. By Mr. T. Spratt, of H. M. S. Beacon. Communicated by Captain Beaufort, Royal Navy, F. R. S., Corr. Inst. France, Der Ugrische Volksstamm, &c. [Researches upon the Country between the Ural and the Caucasus, with Reference to History, Geography, and Ethnography.] by Ferd. Heinr. Mueller, Ph. D., &c. Berlin, 1837. Communicated by Dr. I. C. Prichard, M. D., F.R.S., A Sketch of the Progress of Geography;—And of the Labours of the Royal Geographical Society, during the Year 1837-8. By Captain Washington, Royal Navy, Secretary, Narrative of a Journey from Mokhá to Saná by the Tarík-Esh-Shám, or Northern Route, in July and August, 1836. By Mr. Charles J. Cruttenden, Indian Navy, A Survey of the Preceding Evidence, An Account of the Ascent of Mount Demávend, near Tehrán, in Sept., 1837. By W. Taylor Thomson, Esq., Serving in Persia; with Notes by W. Ainsworth, Esq., M. R. G. S., &c. Read, Jan. 8, 1838, Analyses, &c. Alte Geographie Des Kaspichen Meeres, Des Kaukasus, Und Des Südlichen Rüsslands. Von Dr. E. Eichwald. …, List of Geographical Works Recently Published Europe, Notes on the Country Lying between the Meridians of 55° and 64° East, and Embracing a Section of the Elburz Mountains in Northern Khorásán. By James Baillie Fraser, Esq., Royal Geographical Society 1838 At the Annual General Meeting, May 21, 1838, Notes on a Journey from Tabriz, through Kurdistán, Via Vân, Bitlis, Se'ert and Erbíl, to Suleîmániyeh, in July and August, 1836. By Lieut.-Col. J. Shiel. Communicated by the Hon. W. Fox Strangways. Read February, 1838, Notes on Cloudy Bay and Harbour, and on Some Other Harbours in New Zealand. Communicated by Captain W. C. Symonds, 74th Regiment, Outline of the Survey of Part of the N. W. Coast of Australia, in H. M. S. Beagle, in 1838. By Captain Wickham, R. N. Communicated by Captain Beaufort, Royal Navy, At a Special Meeting of the Council of the Society, Held on July 8, 1837, the Following Address to the Throne Was Agreed Upon, Accessions to the Library, 21st May, 1838 Europe, Extracts from Notes, Made during the Campaign to Kostantinah, in September, 1837. By Major Sir Grenville T. Temple, Bart., M. R. G. S., and Member of the Scientific Commission Attached to the French Army in Africa. Read February 12th, 1838, Memoranda to Accompany a Sketch of Part of Mázanderán, &c., in April, 1836. By E. D'arcy Todd, Major, Serving in Persia. Communicated by John Backhouse, Esq., A Brief Outline of the Recent Expedition to the North-West Coast of Australia; under Lieutenants Grey and Lushington. Principally from Documents in the Colonial Office, Astronomical Positions in European Turkey, Mount Caucasus, and Asia Minor, Fixed by F. G. W. Struve, from the Observations by Officers on the Imperial Russian Staff, in the Years 1828 to 1832. Communicated by Captain H. G. Hamilton, Royal Navy, Papers Read before the Royal Geographical Society, Some Account of Mohammedu-Siseï, a Mandingo, of Nyánimarú on the Gambia. By Capt. Washington, Royal Navy, Considerations on the Political Geography and Geographical Nomenclature of Australia. By Captain Vetch, Royal Engineers, F. R. S., Itinerary from Tabriz to Tehrán, Via Ahar, Mishkin, Ardabil, Tálish, Gilán, and Kazvin, in 1837. By E. D'arcy Todd, Bengal Artillery, Major, Serving in Persia. Communicated by John Backhouse, Esq., Itinerary from Tehrán to Alamút and Khurrem-Ábád in May, 1837. By Lieut.-Col. Justus Shiel, Serving in Persia. May 19, 1837.— Marched from Tehrán to Kend, a Large Village about 10 Miles N. W. of Tehrán, Close to the Range of El-Burz, and near to Which Is a Pass over the Mountains into the District of Shehristánek, Report on the Eastern Frontiers of British India; Manipúr, Assam, Arracan, &c. By Captain R. Boileau Pemberton, 44th N. I. Calcutta, 1836. 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