1882 book w/ 17 antique maps - Proceedings Royal Geographical Society

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1882 book w/ 17 antique maps - Proceedings Royal Geographical Society :
$39.00

For this sale below, the winning buyer will receive:SCARCE ANTIQUE BOOK WITH MAPS\"PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY - 1882\"Other Important Info
DATED - 1882
VOLUME 26
808 NUMBERED PAGES
17 out of the 20 detailed FOLDING MAPS called for are present (see below). RGS books are filled with fascinating accounts of explorations, journeys, expeditions, discoveries, tragedies, and cultural observations.Binding is good. Expected wear and chips externally for a 130+ year old volume. Ex-Libro as pic shows on title page. Minor foxing in places. Very few small pencil marks. Pictures clearly show margin tears in places into map, also fold splits. Most other maps are okay. THREE FOLDING MAPS MISSING: (1)Malay Peninsula, (2)Northern Part of Perak, (3)South Central Madagascar.
YOU GET THE EXACT BOOK YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES Some general info about the famous Royal Geographical Society:
The Geographical Society of London was founded in 1830 under the name Geographical Society of London as an institution to promote the \'advancement of geographical science\'. Founding members of the Society included Sir John Barrow, Sir John Franklin and Francis Beaufort. The history of the Society was closely allied for many of its earlier years with ‘colonial’ exploration in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the polar regions, and central Asia especially. It has been a key associate and supporter of many notable explorers and expeditions, including those of Darwin, Livingstone, Stanley, Scott, Shackleton, Hunt and Hillary. From the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War I, expeditions sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society were frequently front page news, and the opinions of its President and Council would be avidly sought by journalists and editors. The early history of the Society is inter-linked with the history of British Geography, exploration and discovery. Information, maps, charts and knowledge gathered on expeditions was sent to the RGS, making up its now unique geographical collections. The Society published its first journal in 1831 and from 1855, accounts of meetings and other matters were published in the Society Proceedings. In 1893, this was replaced by The Geographical Journal which is still published today.

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