The Geographical Magazine, January 1968, Vol XL (40) No 9: Buryats of Lake Baikal; Aldabra Island; Niska Indians; Vaal River; Japan; Manchester

The Geographical Magazine, January 1968: Volume XL (40), 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 Times Newspapers, with half of all dividends assigned to a fund for exploration and research.

COVER: 'Buryats of Lake Baikal', 'Niska Indians', 'Aldabra Island', 'Vaal River', 'Japan' and 'Manchester'; a Buryat woman, photograph by Caroline Humphrey. Price 3s. 6d.

IN THIS ISSUE: Indians of the Nass River by Marjorie Matley (life with the loggers and salmon fishers, British Columbia); Staple Foods: Yams by D. G. Coursey (a major crop in the tropics); East of Lake Baikal by Caroline Humphrey (the Buryat people of Siberia); Volcano in the Caspian Sea by G. P. Tamrazyan (eye-witness account of an eruption); Vital Waters of the Vaal by T. J. D. Fair (water problems in the South African goldfields); Japan's Cult of the Hills by M. Banks (a nation looks for adventure); New Land from Old Rubbish by Roy Herbert (a successful experiment in Manchester); Threat to Aldabra by D. R. Stoddart (unique wildlife on a coral island).

ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by R. J. Harrison Church, J. D. Ivins, Francis Watson, Ella Maillart, Ann Savours, Caroline Humphrey, E. M. Yates, D. J. Sinclair and John Abbott; Notes by Ptolemy.

THEMES: Siberia and the Buryats, First Nations of Canada, tropical agriculture, volcanoes, South Africa, Japan and mountaineering, land reclamation, Indian Ocean conservation.

84 pages, illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Derek Weber (Editor); published by Odhams Press for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, Long Acre, London.

Author: Derek Weber (ed.), Caroline Humphrey, D. R. Stoddart, Marjorie Matley

Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Single Issue Magazine

Condition: Used - Very Good