The Geographical Magazine, May 1967, Vol XL (40) No 1: Offa's Dyke; Wealth of Orissa; Settlers in Kenya; Living on the Altiplano; Revolution in Iowa; Ronald W. Clark
The Geographical Magazine, May 1967, Vol XL (40) No 1: Offa's Dyke; Wealth of Orissa; Settlers in Kenya; Living on the Altiplano; Revolution in Iowa; Ronald W. Clark
The Geographical Magazine, May 1967: Volume XL (40), Number 1. 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: 'Wealth of Orissa', 'Offa's Dyke', 'Settlers in Kenya', 'Living on the Altiplano' and 'Revolution in Iowa'; Indians of the High Andes, photograph by Mike Andrews. Price 3s. 6d.
IN THIS ISSUE: Offa's Dyke by Peter Bradley (an ancient frontier between England and Wales); Riches of Orissa by Ronald W. Clark (potential of a little-known Indian state); Fate of a Swiss Village by Roger A. Redfern (last days of the summer village of Distel); Iowa's Rural Revolution by Dr B. E. Cracknell (an urgent problem of America's Middle West); Magic Carpet to Persia by Montagu Curzon and Michael Brett (an adventurous flight by light aircraft); New Landowners in Kenya by John Roberts (Africans resettled on former European farms); Life on the Altiplano by I. G. Pawson (high-altitude research in Peru); The Legend of a Welsh Columbus by R. A. Skelton (Prince Madoc); Openings in Geology by T. Neville George; Sources of Knowledge by K. M. Clayton.
ALSO: The World in Books; Notes by Ptolemy; notes on contributors.
THEMES: the Welsh Marches and archaeology, India, the Alps, the American Midwest, Iran and aviation, East African land reform, the Andes, exploration legends.
80 pages (pp. 1-80 of the volume's continuous pagination), illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Derek Weber (Associate Editor); published by Odhams Press for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, Long Acre, London.
Author: Derek Weber (Associate Editor), Ronald W. Clark, R. A. Skelton, Peter Bradley
Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good