The Geographical Magazine, July 1967, Vol XL (40) No 3: Guernsey; Lacandon Indians of Mexico; Moselle; Journey through Poland; Seoul; Nigeria
The Geographical Magazine, July 1967, Vol XL (40) No 3: Guernsey; Lacandon Indians of Mexico; Moselle; Journey through Poland; Seoul; Nigeria
The Geographical Magazine, July 1967: Volume XL (40), Number 3. 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: 'Idyllic Guernsey', 'Moselle', 'Journey through Poland', 'Nigerian Achievement', 'Seoul' and 'Elusive Lacandones'; a Lacandon Indian, photograph by Pierre Ivanoff. Price 3s. 6d.
IN THIS ISSUE: Holiday Island Goes to Market by D. C. Large (Guernsey's three main industries); The Tribe That Turned its Back by Pierre Ivanoff (the Lacandon Indians of southern Mexico); Mapmakers of Britain by Major-General R. C. A. Edge (the work of the Ordnance Survey); Moselle Waterway by Roger Pilkington (river of vineyards and power stations); Ancient Road through Modern Poland by F. E. Ian Hamilton (a major European trade route); Teeming City of Seoul (Korea's overcrowded capital); Awakening in the Uboma Forests by L. E. Virone (a Nigerian experiment in land use); Tourists in Siberia by P. Clissold (paradise for Russian holidaymakers).
ALSO: Book reviews by D. J. Sinclair and Dorothy Middleton; The World in Books; Notes by Ptolemy.
THEMES: the Channel Islands, Mesoamerica and indigenous peoples, mapping and the Ordnance Survey, rivers and wine, Eastern Europe, Korea, West Africa, Soviet tourism.
80 pages (pp. 161-240 of the volume's continuous pagination), 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.), Roger Pilkington, Pierre Ivanoff, R. C. A. Edge
Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good