The Geographical Magazine, June 1964, Vol XXXVII (37) No 2: Memorable Meal by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Shadow on the Indus Plain; Hellenism by Stewart Perowne; Forgotten Timor
The Geographical Magazine, June 1964, Vol XXXVII (37) No 2: Memorable Meal by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Shadow on the Indus Plain; Hellenism by Stewart Perowne; Forgotten Timor
The Geographical Magazine, June 1964: Volume XXXVII (37), Number 2. 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.
COVER: 'Shadow on the Indus Plain', 'The South-East', 'Hellenism', 'The Night Trunkers', 'Forgotten Timor' and 'Memorable Meal by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh'; photograph of soil surveying in the Indus Plain by V. C. Robertson. Cover price 3/6.
EDITORIAL: 'Modern Geography', previewing the 20th International Geographical Congress held in Britain that summer, with Sir Dudley Stamp, President of the Royal Geographical Society, promised for the next number.
IN THIS ISSUE: Hellenism: an Experiment in Multi-Racial Society by Stewart Perowne (the Greek legacy in Europe and the Near East); Memorable Meals No 5 by HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh; Shadow on the Indus Plain by V. C. Robertson (waterlogging and salinity from irrigation in Pakistan); A Forgotten Outpost by Michael Teague (Portuguese Timor); The Pull of the South-East 2: A City Region by Michael Wise (after the South East Study); The Night Trunkers by John Seymour (Britain's long-distance lorry drivers); Travel Notes: Surfers; How to Get There.
ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Walter Bouverie, Dr O. G. Edholm, Brigadier R. Gardiner, Robin Hallett and Commander Joseph Palmer RN.
THEMES: geography, travel writing, exploration, irrigation and soil science, colonial Asia, regional planning, transport, 1960s Britain.
80 pages (pp. 81-160 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 The Geographical Magazine Ltd, 91 St Martin's Lane, London.
Author: Walter Hingston (ed.), HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Stewart Perowne, John Seymour
Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)
Publication Date: 1964
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good