{"product_id":"the-geographical-magazine-october-1966-vol-xxxix-39-no-6-sledging-in-greenland-istanbul-by-fitzroy-maclean-secretive-zanzibar-manaus-hejaz-railway","title":"The Geographical Magazine, October 1966, Vol XXXIX (39) No 6: Sledging in Greenland; Istanbul by Fitzroy Maclean; Secretive Zanzibar; Manaus; Hejaz Railway","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Geographical Magazine, October 1966: Volume XXXIX (39), Number 6. 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: 'Sledging in Greenland', 'Secretive Zanzibar', 'Istanbul Today', 'Manaus' Second Flowering' and 'Hejaz'; photograph by Mike Banks. Price 3s. 6d.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THIS ISSUE: Istanbul: Europe's Bridge to Asia by Fitzroy Maclean (urban expansion against the preservation of the ancient city); The Pilgrim Railway by William Carter (rebuilding the Hejaz Railway); Manaus by Douglas Botting (the Amazon city born on the rubber boom); The Worst Insect Pest by Dr B. B. Waddy (the blackfly and river blindness in Africa); Curtained Zanzibar by Alford Lawrence (an island economy threatened by isolation from mainland Africa); Sledges to Schweizerland by Mike Banks (husky teams of Kungmiut on a 180-mile expedition through East Greenland); Geography in Universities: from Sixth Form to University by L. H. Elliott.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Peter Bradley and Peter Mott; notes on contributors, photographs and maps. The first issue in the new masthead design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHEMES: Turkey, Arabia and pilgrimage, railways, Amazonia, tropical disease, East Africa, Arctic sledging expeditions, higher education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e96 pages, 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.), Fitzroy Maclean, Douglas Botting, Mike Banks\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":55381269905735,"sku":"2026-10-10-412","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/files\/810ckts4bqL.jpg?v=1791710393","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/the-geographical-magazine-october-1966-vol-xxxix-39-no-6-sledging-in-greenland-istanbul-by-fitzroy-maclean-secretive-zanzibar-manaus-hejaz-railway","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}