The Geographical Magazine, September 1968, Vol XL (40) No 17: Greenland's mountains; Cuba's first decade; Humboldt by David Howarth; Dundee; Rotterdam; New Zealand
The Geographical Magazine, September 1968, Vol XL (40) No 17: Greenland's mountains; Cuba's first decade; Humboldt by David Howarth; Dundee; Rotterdam; New Zealand
The Geographical Magazine, September 1968: Volume XL (40), Number 17. 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: 'Cuba', 'Dundee', 'Humboldt', 'Rotterdam', 'New Zealand' and 'Greenland's Mountains'; below the summit of Wedding Cake, photograph by J. W. A. Fleming. Price 3s. 6d.
IN THIS ISSUE: Right Road for Dundee by Douglas C. D. Pocock (growth centre of post-war Scotland); Cuba's First Decade by David Jones (changes in agriculture, industry and urban development); Baron von Humboldt of the Orinoco by David Howarth (early explorer of the Orinoco and Amazon regions); Staple Products: Cassava by A. M. O'Connor (insurance against famine); Conquest of Wedding Cake Mountain by J. W. A. Fleming (triumph of an Army mountaineering team in Greenland); Expedition to the Fiordland Wilderness by R. M. Lockley (wildlife sanctuary on South Island, New Zealand); Geography on the Western Seaboard by C. Kidson and E. G. Bowen (University College of Wales, Aberystwyth); Gargantuan Rotterdam by Geoffrey North (giant port and city rise from wartime ruins).
ALSO: The World in Books, reviews by Dorothy Middleton, Dr David Jones, R. R. Rawson, Arthur Davies and John Abbott; Notes by Ptolemy.
THEMES: Scotland, Castro's Cuba, Alexander von Humboldt and South American exploration, tropical crops, Arctic mountaineering, New Zealand wildlife, Wales, ports and the Netherlands.
80 pages, illustrated in colour and black and white, about 18.5 x 25 cm. Edited by Derek Weber (Editor); published by New Science Publications for The Geographical Magazine Ltd, 128 Long Acre, London.
Author: Derek Weber (ed.), David Howarth, R. M. Lockley, Douglas C. D. Pocock
Publisher: The Geographical Magazine (Royal Geographical Society/The Times Publishing Company)
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Single Issue Magazine
Condition: Used - Very Good