THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY EDITOR : GILBERT H. GROSVENOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS A. W. GREELY WILLIS L. MOORE O. H. TITTMANN O. P. AUSTIN DAVID T. DAY IDA M. TARBELL VOL. XIV—YEAR 1903 PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HUBBARD MEMORIAL HALL WASHINGTON, D. C. CONTENTS 21 41 Page The Work of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ; by 0. H. TITTMANN..... I Jade; by S. E. EASTER 9 Notes on Venezuela .. 17 An Introduction to Physical Geography.. Dr Sven Hedin 26 Peary on the North Pole. 29 Plan for Climbing Mount McKinley; by ALFRED H. BROOKS and D. L. REABURN. 30 What the United States Government Does to Promote Agriculture... 35 Geographic Notes...... 39 Is Germany the Cause of Denmark's Refusal to Sell Her West Indian Possessions ?.. 39 The Amount of Water Hidden Beneath the Surface..... 39 Loubat Prizes... 40 Subduing the Nile. 40 Government Maps Recently Issued.. Testing the Currents of Lake Erie; by E. L. Moseley. 41 Geographic Literature 42 "The Uganda Protectorate" (Sir Harry Johnston). 42 “Animals Before Man in America" (F. A. Lucas). 43 Europe” (Frank G. Carpenter). 43 “A Ribbon of Iron ” (Annette M. B. Meakin).. 43 “The Land of the Amazons" (Baron de Santa Anna Nery) 43 “Strange Lands Near Home" 43 “Hurricanes" (William H. Alexander)... 44 National Geographic Society..... 44 Members of the National Geographic Society. Appendix The Great Turk and His Lost Provinces ; by WILLIAM E. CURTIS ... 45 The Work of the U. S. Hydrographic Office; by W. H. H. SOUTHERLAND. 61 Why Great Salt Lake Has Fallen; by L. H. MURDOCH. Geographic Notes... 77 · American Claims in the Antarctic; by EDWIN SWIFT BALCH.. 77 Reclamation of Arid Lands in California... 78 Alaskan Boundary Dispute .... 79 Recent Maps and Publications by the U. S. Geological Survey.. 79 Timber Lines ... 80 Reclamation of the High Plains 81 Commander Robert E. Peary... 81 The Magnetic Work of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.. 81 Ziegler North Polar Expedition. 82 Maps of Guatemala 82 The Carnegie Institution Grants ... Report of the Brown-Harvard Expedition to Labrador in 1900. 82 Decisions of the U. S. Board on Geographic Names. 82 Geographic Literature.... Crater Lake National Park” (J. S. Diller).. (111) 82 83 83 83 |
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