INDEX 



Page 

 A in; i zzi.1 ink i' ui i lir.i lomparatn r e chances 



for reaching the North Pole oi 48G 



— , Meeting of Wellman expedition w 1th.. 484 



— , Notes mi polar expedition of 232, 362 



Africa, Map of South 481 



— , Note <in railroads in southern 423 



— , — — report of physical and ethnical 



features of 527 



— , exports of gold from South 277 



Alaska boundary, Beginning of dispute 

 between Great Britain and the United 



States regarding 455 



, Canadian survey of. 451 



: Hon. John W. Foster 425 



— , Historic sketch of Russian operations 



in 452 



— , United States in 453 



— . Description of expedition for explor- 

 ing and surveying in ."578 



— expedition, Harriman; Henry Gannett.. 507 



: Gilbert H. Grosvenor 225 



— . Explorations in 269 



— , Failm f scheme for railroad in.. 379, 465 



— , Hardships of travel in 157 



— , [nfluence on United States of purchase 



of 201 



— , Joint American and British survey in.. 445 



— , Map of southeastern...' 377 



— . Methods of transportation in 379, 460 



— , Note mi b-ydrographie and topographic 



work in 373 



"Albatross," Deep-sea exploring expedi- 

 tion of stei ir ; Hugh M. Smith 291 



Aleutian archipelago, Suggested met I mils 



of exploration in 280 



Allen, E. L., cited on yield of redwood.: .: 152 

 America, Chart of northwest coast of........ 432 



— , Early predictions regarding 86 



—.Groundless pessimism regarding 203 



\mm.ii w Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science : < filbert H. 1 rrosve- 

 111 1 r 355 



— progress, Internal obstacles to 2113 



Amerii ins, Advantages of 203 



Amh:i'i. Note mi book on balloc xpedi- 



linii of 372 



— . Rumors regarding 422 



Antar limate 520 



— expedition. Belgian 229, 327, 520 



, English 316,42] 



, German 316 



.Suggestion to National Geographic 



Society for obtaining Government aid 

 for Mil 



— navigation, Dangers of 318 



A nth Description of 61 



Ari in explorations 280,362, 415 



— trade winds ion 



Ari rowsKi, II.. Work of, as meteorologist 



of Belgian Antarctic expedition 520 



A 1: v Classification and description of 



degrees of 162 



— . Effects on forests of encroachment of.. L62 

 — , — mi plan! life of 161, 180 



— Impending on the Pacific coast ; J. H 



Leiberg 160 



Atbabas< 1 pass, S] illation regarding 135 



Austin, i >. P. ; Colonial systems of the 



world .' 21 



— ; Commercial development of Japan 329 



— ; —importance of Samoa 21s 



— , Work of, referred to 270, 527 



Pa°"e 

 Bad lands of South Dakota (The) ; N. H. 



Darton 339 



Baedeker, Karl, Review of hook by 32o 



Baldwin, Evelyn B. : The meteorological 

 observations of the Second Wellman 



expedition 512 



Balfour, Arthur J., promises government 



aid tn an English Antarctic expedition 273 

 Bauer, L. A. ; Magnetic work of the Coast 



and Geodetic Survey 288 



— , Work of, referred to 42:; 



Belgian Antarctic expedition (The) 220 



, Meteorological work by 520 



■ — , Summary of results accomplished 



by -. 327 



Bell, Alexander Graham, Acknowledg- 

 ment to 222. 362 



— , Record of address by 328 



Beresford, Lord Charles, Review of book 



by 4 is 



Bering strait, Note on discovery of 525 



Bioelow, Frank H. ; The international 



cloud work of the Weather Bureau 251 



Biological Survey, U. S., Expedition to 



Alaska by 232 



Bitter Root range, Exploration of. 27s 



Blaeberry valley, Excursion through the. 131 

 Blake, VV. P., Work in Stikine country of. 5 

 Board on Geographic Names, U. S., orig- 

 inal personnel of 517 



Boundary lines, Unsettled condition of 



international 413 



Bouvet island, Definite location of; O. H. 



Tittmann 413 



Bow lake, Upper, Description of 113 



Brack kit, W. S., Work of, referred to 278 



Branner, J. C ; The recent ascent of 



Itambe 183 



Bridgman, H. L. ; Peary's work and pros- 

 pects ! 414 



— , Work of, referred to 327, 415 



British, Success as colonizers of 186 



Brown (Mt), Search of Norman Collie for. 135 

 Bruce, Miner, Review of book by 475 



1 Ialculations of population in June, 1900 ; 

 Henry Farqunar 



California and Nevada boundary ; C. H. 

 Sinclair 



— , Influence on United States of acquisi- 

 tion of 



1 s n vda, Geographic Board of 



Canadian mounted police, Work of 



Rockies, Explorations in 



Canal, American Interoceanic; Emory R. 



Jul in son 



, Comments on military value of.... 



, Commercial aspects of; Joseph 



Nimmo 



— , Commissions appointed to investigate 



routes for, etc 261, 297, 



— , Dismal Swamp, Note on 



— from Georgian bay to Montreal 



— under Hooghly (India I river 



— , Russian, Note mi 



— , Suez, Benefits accruing from 



Canals, Note on increased commen f 



American and Canadian 



Canning, Ge u , quoted on Russian claim 



of maritime jurisdiction in the Pacific 



an 



200 

 519 



311 

 308 



311 

 52 I 

 372 

 525 



313 



421 



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