NATIOXAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEHENT : 



THE 



INTERNATIONAL 

 GEOGRAPHY. 



The last few j^ears have proved so rich in geographical discov- 

 eries that there has been a pressing need for a resjime of recent ex- 

 plorations and changes which should present in conv^enient and 

 accurate form the latest results of geographical work. The addi- 

 tions to our knowledge have not been limited to Africa, Asia, and 

 the Arctic regions, but even on our own continent the gold of the 

 Klondike has led to a better knowledge of the region. The want 

 which is indicated will be met b}' The International Geoj^raphy, a 

 convenient volume for the intelligent general reader, and the librarj' 

 which presents expert summaries of the results of geographical sci- 

 ence throughout the world at the present time. 



Seventy authors, all experts, have collaborated in the production 

 of 77^1? International Geography. The contributors include the lead- 

 ing geographers and travelers of Europe and America. The work 

 has been planned and edited by Dr. H. R. Mill, who also wrote 

 the chapter on The United Kingdom, Among the authors are : 



Professor W. M. Davis (The United States), 



Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (Arctic Regions), 



Professor A. Kirchhoff (German Empire), 



Mr. F. C. vSelous (Rhodesia), 



l'rofes.sors DE Lapparent and Raveneau (France), 



Sir Cr.EMKNTS R. Markh.\m, F. R. S. (Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru), 



Sir John Murray, F. R. S. (Antarctic Regions), 



Count PfeiIv (German Colonies), 



Mr. James Bkyce, M. P. (The Boer Republics), 



Sir H. H. Johnston, the late Sir Iv.\mbert I>i,avfair, 



Sir F. J. Gor,DSMiD, Sir M.\rtin Conw.w, 



Sir Geokoe S. Robi:rt.son, Sir William MacGregor, 



Sir CnAKi,i-:.s Wir..soN, F. R. S. ; the Hon. D. W. Carnegie, 



Mrs. Bishop, Dr. A. M. W. Downing, F. R. S. ; 



Dr. J. Scott Kicltie, and 



Mr. G. G. Chishoem, the editor of the Tiiiit'S Cazftleer. 



The book is illustrated by nearly five hundred niaj)S and diagrams, which 

 have been specially' prepared. It is designed to present in the. compact limits 

 of a single volume an authoritative conspectus of the science of geography 

 and the conditions of the countries at the end of the nineteenth century. 



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