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Here is a brief history of the Royal Geographical Society as given on their website:
'The early history of the Society enshrines such famous names as Livingstone, Stanley, Scott, Shackleton, Hunt and Hillary – and is, in fact, the history of British Geography, exploration and discovery. Information, maps, charts and knowledge gathered on expeditions was sent to the RGS.
The Society was also pivotal in establishing Geography as a teaching and research discipline in British universities, and funded the first Geography positions in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The Society published its first journal in 1832 and from 1855, accounts of meetings and other matters were published in the Society Proceedings. In 1892, this was replaced by the Geographical Journal which is still published today.
The Geographical Society of London was founded in 1830 as an institution to promote the advancement of geographical science. Like many learned societies, it had started as a dining club in London, where select members held informal dinner debates on current scientific issues and ideas. Under the patronage of King William IV, it later became known as the Royal Geographical Society and was granted its Royal Charter under Queen Victoria in 1859.
From 1830 - 1840 the RGS met in the rooms of the Horticultural Society in Regent Street, London and from 1854 -1870 at 15 Whitehall Place, London. In 1870, the Society finally found a home when it moved to 1 Saville Row, London – an address that quickly became associated with adventure and travel. A new impetus was given to the Society’s affairs in 1911, with the election of Earl Curzon, the former Viceroy of India, as the Society’s President (1911-1914). The premises in Saville Row were sold and the present site, Lowther Lodge in Kensington Gore, was purchased and opened for use in April 1913. In the same year the Society’s ban on women was lifted.'
We have the following issues of the Geographical Journal in stock. They are $25 each.
All are Fine-New condition except as marked. All are 6'x9 1/2' in paper wrappers.
1902 Dec Vol 20 No 6 Tape on spine
1911 March Vol 37 No 3 Cover slightly yellowed
1914 Feb Vol 48 No 2
1921 Dec Vol 58 No 6
1924 Oct Vol 64 No 4
1925 May Vol 65 No 5
1925 Nov Vol 66 No 5 Spine worn
1926 July Vol 68 No 1 (3 copies available)
1926 Dec Vol 68 No 6
1927 April Vol 69 No 4
1928 May Vol 71 No 5
1928 Oct Vol 70 No 4
1928 June Vol 71 No 6
1929 Feb Vol 78 No 2 (spine worn $5)
1929 Nov Vol 74 No 5 (2 copies available)
1930 July Vol 76 No 1 Author: SCHOMBERG, C. F. Title: Three Journeys in the Tien Shan, 1928-1929.
1932 Nov Vol 80 No 5
1933 Jan Vol 81 No 1
1933 Mar Vol 81 No 3
1933 Apr Vol 81 No 4
1934 Oct Vol 84 No 4 (2 copies available)
1935 Dec Vol 86 No 6
1936 Nov Vol 87 No 5
1936 Jul Vol 88 No 1
1937 Feb Vol 89 No 2 (2 copies available)
1937 May Vol 89 No 5
1937 Jun Vol 89 No 6
1937 Oct Vol 90 No 4
1937 Dec Vol 90 No 6
1938 Feb Vol 91 No 2
1938 Mar Vol 91 Part 3
1938 April Vol 91 Nos 4
1938 Oct Vol 92 No 4
1939 Jan Vol 93 No 1
1939 Jun Vol 93 Part 6
1939 Jul Vol 94 No 1
1940 July Vol 96 No 1
1940 Aug Vol 96 No 2
1940 Sep Vol 96 No 3
1940 Oct Vol 96 No 4
1941 Mar Vol 97 No 3
1941 July Vol 98 No 1
1941 Aug Vol 98 No 2
1942 Mar Vol 99 No 3
1946 Vol 97 Parts 1,2 (Water damaged $5)
1948 Jan Vol 110 Nos 1-3 (One volume)
1950 Sept Vol 116 Nos 1-3 (One volume)
1966 Dec Vol 132 Part 4
1978 Mar Vol 144 Part 1
1978 July Vol 144 Part 2
1978 Nov Vol 144 Part 3
1979 Mar Vol 145 Part 1
1979 Jul Vol 145 Part 2
1979 Nov Vol 145 Part 3
1980 Mar Vol 146 Part 1
1980 July Vol 146 Part 2 (150th Anniversary Issue)
1980 Nov Vol 146 Part 3
1981 Mar Vol 147 Part 1
1981 July Vol 147 Part 2
1981 Nov Vol 147 Part 3
1982 Mar Vol 148 Part 1
1982 July Vol 148 Part 2
1982 Nov Vol 148 Part 3
1983 Mar Vol 149 Part 1
1983 July Vol 149 Part 2
1983 Nov Vol 149 Part 3
1984 Mar Vol 150 Part 1
1984 July Vol 150 Part 2
1984 Nov Vol 150 Part 3
1985 Mar Vol 151 Part 1
1985 July Vol 151 Part 2
1985 Nov Vol 151 Part 3
1986 Mar Vol 152 Part 1
1986 Nov Vol 152 Part 3 (2 copies available)
1987 July Vol 153 Part 2
Non-numbered issues
1930 The Record of the Royal Geographical Societ 1830-1930 by Dr Hugh Robert Mill (Hardcover with Dust Jacket)
1932, Sep 30. A List of the Honorary Members and Fellows of the Society
1933, Sep 30. A List of the Honorary Members and Fellows of the Society
1935, Sep 30. A List of the Honorary Members and Fellows of the Society
1938, Sep 30. A List of the Honorary Members and Fellows of the Society
1953, Nov 30. A List of the Honorary Members and Fellows of the Society
The RGS Its Foundation and History, Work and Publications, Charter and Bye-Laws and Its House
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