The Geographical Magazine, September 1967, Vol XL (40) No 5: Trobriand Islanders; Hovercraft in Libya; Barbados; Nova Lisboa; East Turkey; Ceuta
The Geographical Magazine, September 1967, Vol XL (40) No 5: Trobriand Islanders; Hovercraft in Libya; Barbados; Nova Lisboa; East Turkey; Ceuta
The Geographical Magazine, September 1967: Volume XL (40), Number 5. 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: 'Peaceful Trobriand Islanders', 'Hovercraft in Libya', 'Barbados', 'Nova Lisboa', 'East Turkey' and 'Ceuta'; a Trobriand islander, photograph by Richard Harrington. Price 3s. 6d.
IN THIS ISSUE: Expedition to Eastern Turkey by John Abbott (Manchester Grammar School visits an isolated region); Magic of the Trobriands by Richard Harrington (happy islanders of the South Seas, Papua New Guinea); Boom Town in Angola by Douglas Botting (the story of Nova Lisboa, now Huambo); Spain in Africa by Timothy Severin (Ceuta, the Spanish Gibraltar); By Hovercraft to the Great Sand Sea by Derek F. Robbins (testing a new method of transport in Libya); Fish Hunters of the Caribbean by Henri Menjaud (improving a local industry); Farming in 'Little England' by Janet Henshall (peasant agriculture in Barbados); Barbados the Singular Island by David Smithers (economy of a Caribbean country).
ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by A. J. Rose, F. E. Ian Hamilton and D. J. Sinclair; Notes by Ptolemy.
THEMES: Melanesia and anthropology, Portuguese Africa, North Africa and the Sahara, hovercraft, the Caribbean, Turkey, school expeditions.
96 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.), Timothy Severin, Douglas Botting, Richard Harrington
Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good