INDEX 



Page 



Abercrombie, John, Address by 102 



— , delegate to conference lOU 



— , Record of address by xiv 



Abercrombie, Lieutenant. Explorations 



by 174 



Adams, Cyrus C, Record of lecture by.... x 

 Africa, Conditions effecting develop- 

 ment in 129 



— , Discovery of. 6 



— , Record of lecture on x 



African population of tlie United States. .32 



Agriculture in tlie arid region 16!) 



— , Record of address on xi 



Air, Relations of 112 



Alaska, Recent explorations in ITa 



— , Supposed islands near 7(1 



— , Surveys of 63 



— , Volcano in 93 



Alexander VI, Bull of. 222 



— , Reference to 2 



Alien population, Effects of. 37 



Alienation of cities 43 



Allen, Henki T., E.xplorations by 174 



Amazon, Character of, river and valley . 114 



— , First navigation of. 12 



Amendments to by-laws xii, xiv, xvii, 



xix, xxi 



America, Discoverers of. 1 



— , Early voyages to 235 



— , IMountains of. 120 



— , Naming of 10 



American Geographical Society, Dele- 

 gate from 100 



— , Reference to action of 173 



Andersen, Magnus ; Norway and the vi- 



liings 132 



— , Record of address by xvi, 109 



paper by xv 



Anderson, Rasmus B., cited on Norse dis- 

 coveries 13.0 



Andes, Record of lecture on xi 



Angeles, Francisco de los. Early letter to 232 



Aquinas, Thomas, cited on geography 2 



Arabia, Description of. 119 



Archives of the Vatican 197 



Area settled in the United States 25 



Aridity, Causes of. 167 



Argentina, Record of lecture on xvii 



Armstrong, , cited on supposed Arc- 

 tic island 82 



Arnabrie, Berteand, Early letter to 212 



.4siA, G-eneral characteristics of. 119 



— , IMountains of. 121 



— , Natural conditions of 128 



Atlantic coast, Fisli and fisheries of 161 



— slope, Record of address on xviii 



— type of rainfall 55 



Atmosphere, Movements of 108 



Auditing Committee, Reference of report 



to xix 



— , Report of the ; H. C. Rizer, Isaac 



Winston and Weston Flint xxiv 



Austria-Hung.ary, Great cities of 89 



Azambuja, Gr.aciano a. de, Record of ad- 

 dress by xvi, 101, 111 



34— Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. V, 1893. 



Page 

 Babb, C. C, Appointment of, as Secre- 

 tary xvii 



— ; Sixth annual report of the Secretary xx 



Batley, Fred., Communication from 101 



Baker, Marcus; Undiscovered island off 



the northern coast of Alaslia 76 



— , Record of addresses by xii, xvii 



discussions by ix, xvii 



Baker mount. Modern volcanism in 93 



Balboa, Vasco Nunez, Discoveries by 12 



Bancroft, George, cited on population... 22 

 Barrow, Sir John, cited on supposed 



Arctic island 81 



Baseleveling about Blue mountain 87 



Beaedslee, Lester, Survej's by 175 



Beehler, W. H., Record of paper by xiv 



Bell, A. Melville, Record of reading by. ix 

 Bell. C. J.; Sixth annual report of the 



Treasurer.... xxii 



Bering sea arbitration question, Record 



of address on xviii 



BicKMORE, A. S., Record of paper by xiii 



Biography of Christopher Columbus 187 



Bjarni, Hekjulfso.v, Discovery of Amer- 

 ica by 4 



Blau, Paul LE, delegate to conference... 99 

 Blount, Henry, Record of discussion 



by xvii 



Blue mountain Geologist at, Charles D. 



Walcott 84 



Bobadilla, Francisco de. Criticisms of... 1>5 



BoGosr.ov, Eruption of 93 



Boil, Beenaud, Confirmation of. 220 



— , Reference to worlc of 20-1 . 



Boston, Founding of. 21 



Bourke, John G., Aclinowledgment to xv, 110 



— , Record of paper by xvi, HI 



Brande, , cited on supposed Arctic 



island 82 



Brazil, Participation in conference by... 99 

 Brewer, William M., Record of address 



by xii 



Brown, Robert, cited on suppo.«ed Arc- 

 tic island 83 



Bryant, Williasi C, Reference to writ- 

 ings of. 153 



Bull of Alexander VI 2, 222 



Burns, Robert, Quotation from 1.53 



Burroughs, John, Use of writings of 152 



By-laws, Adoption of amendments to... xiv, 



xix, xxi 

 — of the National Geographic Society... xxv 

 — , Proposed amendments to xii, xvii 



Cabot, John, Discoveries by 9 



Cabot, Sebastian, Discoveries by 9, 12 



— , quoted on Columbus 19 



Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez. Death of 249 



— , Geographic Narrative of. 236 



California, Compilation of Coast Pilot of 235 

 Campbell, Marius R., Record of paper 



by X 



Canada, Settlement of. 14 



— , Surveys adjoining 63 



Canting, Alberto, Reference to map by.. 17' 



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