Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition : memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-officers, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1879, V.49
by Burton Richard F
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London: John Murray, 1879. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo,.. professionally rebound in dark brown calf,half binding, with chocolate brown book cloth, marbled endpapers, titles in gilt on black lambskin, colored map is in very good condition. small library ink stamps on title page, CONTENTS: Front Matter (pp. i-cxxvii); Report of the Council (pp. v-xvi) ; Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition: Memoir Explaining the New Map of Midian Made by the Egyptian Staff-Officers (pp. 1-150; A Visit to Lissa and Pelagosa (pp. 151-190) (also by Richard F. Burton); An Account of the Country Traversed by the Second Column of the Tal-Cho'tia'li Field Force in the Spring of 1879 (pp. 190-319) by R. C. Temple; (large folding colored map is present): The Modifications of the External Aspects of Organic Nature Produced by Man's Interference (pp. 320-392) ; Notes upon Some Astronomical Observations Made in Kordofan and Darfur (pp. 392-398) by H. G. Prout and W. J. Turner ;(folding colored map is present): Zeno's Frislanda Is Iceland and Not the Færoes (pp. 398-412) by Admiral Irminger; Zeno's Frislanda Is Not Iceland, but the Færoes; An Answer to Admiral Irminger (pp. 412-420), Approximate Determination of Positions in South-Western China (pp. 421-433) G. Colborne Baber ; Index (pp. 434-444) ; ( all maps called for are present ).
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- Title
- Itineraries of the Second Khedivial Expedition : memoir explaining the New Map of Midian made by the Egyptian Staff-officers, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1879, V.49
- Author
- Burton Richard F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 8vo,.
- Keywords
- Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel., Arabian Peninsula.,Travel., Iceland. China,
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- Travel; Rare Books;
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