{"product_id":"the-geographical-magazine-january-1966-vol-xxxviii-38-no-9-the-vinland-map-norse-atlantic-voyagers-pitcairns-new-mutineers-fabled-shiraz-plymouths-dilemma-helge-ingstad-gwyn-jones","title":"The Geographical Magazine, January 1966, Vol XXXVIII (38) No 9: The Vinland Map; Norse Atlantic Voyagers; Pitcairn's New Mutineers?; Fabled Shiraz; Plymouth's Dilemma; Helge Ingstad; Gwyn Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Geographical Magazine, January 1966: Volume XXXVIII (38), Number 9. The illustrated London monthly of exploration, travel, peoples and places, jointly owned by a trust chaired by the President of the Royal Geographical Society and The Times Publishing Company, with half of all dividends assigned to a fund for exploration and research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOVER: 'Fabled Shiraz', 'Plymouth's Dilemma', 'The Vinland Map', 'Norse Atlantic Voyagers' and 'Pitcairn's New Mutineers?'; Pitcairn islanders photographed by Arne Falk-Rønne. Price 3s. 6d.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEDITORIAL: 'Geography - Science and Adventure', announcing that The Wide World Magazine is incorporated in The Geographical Magazine from this issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THIS ISSUE: First Discovery of America by Professor Gwyn Jones (the Norse voyages); The Search for Vinland, researches by Helge Ingstad (the Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland); The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation by R. A. Skelton (the Yale map controversy); Pitcairn's New Mutineers? by Arne Falk-Rønne (descendants of the Bounty mutineers); Plymouth's Dilemma by Crispin Gill (the future of the historic seaport); Fabled Shiraz by Neville Hinton (Persia's city of poets today); Crayfishers of West Australia by Winston McNamara; Geography Today: Survey for Development by T. D. Weatherhead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Peter Bradley and Elizabeth Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHEMES: Vikings and Norse exploration, cartography and map history, the Bounty and Pitcairn Island, Iran, Devon, Australia, development surveying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e80 pages (pp. 641-720 of the volume's continuous pagination), illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Lt-Col Walter Hingston; published by Odhams Press for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, Long Acre, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Hingston (ed.), Helge Ingstad, Gwyn Jones, R. A. Skelton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society\/The Times Publishing Company)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Single Issue Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Used - Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55381269315911,"sku":"2026-10-10-405","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/81EQCPnwzxL.jpg?v=1791710377","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/the-geographical-magazine-january-1966-vol-xxxviii-38-no-9-the-vinland-map-norse-atlantic-voyagers-pitcairns-new-mutineers-fabled-shiraz-plymouths-dilemma-helge-ingstad-gwyn-jones","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}