The Geographical Journal, Volume 21Royal Geographical Society., 1903 Includes the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, formerly published separately. |
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... railway survey . The work was done throughout for the African Trans - continental Telegraph Company , the author being their chief surveyor . As far north as Ujiji preliminary surveys were made by plane - table , and these were ...
... railway survey . The work was done throughout for the African Trans - continental Telegraph Company , the author being their chief surveyor . As far north as Ujiji preliminary surveys were made by plane - table , and these were ...
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... railway was already laid to within some 40 miles of the Lake , or even that white men were only a few miles in front . Kisumu , the terminus of the Uganda railway , was reached on October 28 , 1901 . THE EASTERN BORDERLANDS OF KIKUYU ...
... railway was already laid to within some 40 miles of the Lake , or even that white men were only a few miles in front . Kisumu , the terminus of the Uganda railway , was reached on October 28 , 1901 . THE EASTERN BORDERLANDS OF KIKUYU ...
Pagina 47
... railways and other public works would be wanting so long as the war lasted , if not for ever . In short , a war between Chile and Argentina , which would have all the bitterness of a civil war , and would be fought on the lines of a ...
... railways and other public works would be wanting so long as the war lasted , if not for ever . In short , a war between Chile and Argentina , which would have all the bitterness of a civil war , and would be fought on the lines of a ...
Pagina 65
... railway enterprise in western China . From Cheng - tu , he set out north in company with Captain Watts - Jones , who , after the mishap on the Hwang - ho , was so barbarously murdered at Kwei- hwa - cheng . The route followed was in ...
... railway enterprise in western China . From Cheng - tu , he set out north in company with Captain Watts - Jones , who , after the mishap on the Hwang - ho , was so barbarously murdered at Kwei- hwa - cheng . The route followed was in ...
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... railways up to 1899 . 105 s.w. , parts of districts Bilaspur and Sambalpur ( Central Provinces ) ; of district Ranchi and Tributary States Sarguja , Udaipur , Gangpur , and Jashpur 124 s.w. , parts of districts Kámrúp , ( Chota Nágpur ) ...
... railways up to 1899 . 105 s.w. , parts of districts Bilaspur and Sambalpur ( Central Provinces ) ; of district Ranchi and Tributary States Sarguja , Udaipur , Gangpur , and Jashpur 124 s.w. , parts of districts Kámrúp , ( Chota Nágpur ) ...
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Pagina 586 - Hakluyt, in his own quaint language, continued " to wade still further and further in the sweet studie of the historic of cosmographie": and he achieved his great task, which was, in his own words, " to incorporate into one body the torn and scattered limbs of our ancient and late navigations by sea".
Pagina iv - All Subscriptions are payable in advance, on the 1st of January in each year. The privileges of a Fellow include admission (with one Friend) to all ordinary Meetings of the Society, and the use of the Library and Map-room.
Pagina 523 - That the commanders of each of these great national undertakings should have selected the very place for penetrating to the southward, for the exploration of which they were well aware at the time that the expedition under my command was expressly preparing, and thereby forestalling our purposes, did certainly greatly surprise me.
Pagina iv - Fellows of 20 years' standing and over £12 10*. „ 15 „ „ and under 20 ... £16 10 „ „ „ 15 ... £20 " And no Fellow shall be entitled to vote or to enjoy any other privilege of the " Society so long as he shall continue in arrear.
Pagina 208 - Annual Report of the Department of Mines. New South Wales, for the year 1875. Sydney, Is7(i. One vol. 4to, pp. 1(17. Mineral Map and General Statistics of New South Wales, Australia.
Pagina 633 - Rep, were evidently whalers of experience, and seem to have been regarded in their day as the best authorities on Spitsbergen geography. Accordingly, Gerard van Keulen, the enterprising map publisher of Amsterdam, employed them to produce for him an entirely new Spitsbergen chart on a much larger scale than any before published. The result was the ' Nieuwe Afteekening van Het Eyland Spits-bergen opgegeven door de Commandeurs Giles en Outger liep en in't Ligt gebragt en uyt gegevon door Gerard van...
Pagina 200 - Blakeney, W. On the coasts of Cathay and Cipango, forty years ago. A record of surveying service in the China Yellow and Japan seas, and on the seaboard of Korea and Manchuria in the old British sailing frigate "Actaeon", with an index and illustrations of F.
Pagina 131 - The cave is fitted up just like the houses, with grinding stone, earthen jars and bowls, baskets, gourds, etc. The fire is always in the middle, without hearth or chimney, and the jars in which the food is cooked rest on three stones. A portion of the ground is levelled and made smooth for the family to sleep on. As often as not there are skins spread out on the floor. Sometimes the floor space is extended by an artificial terrace in front of the cave. In a few...
Pagina 624 - Gardiner to read his paper. After the reading of the paper, the following discussion took place...
Pagina 184 - Majesty not to construct, or allow to be constructed, any work across the Blue Nile, Lake Tsana, or the Sobat which would arrest the flow of their waters into the Nile except in agreement with His Britannic Majesty's Government and the Government of the Sudan.