I'm posting this on behalf of NOAA Central Library. ===================== NOAA Central Library is looking for a home for a nearly complete run of the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1835-1880 (~8 linear feet). These journals document the first half-century of the RGS and are filled with reports of explorations--and maps, both color and b&w--of Africa, the Middle East, South and East Asia, Polar regions, etc. Think: Livingstone's search for the source of the Nile, the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, the expedition of (and search for) John Franklin. Random article titles from the mid-1800s: * Report of the Proceedings of the Livingstone Congo Expedition [W. G. Grandy] * Report of the Trans-Himalayan Explorations during 1867 [T. G. Montgomerie] * Discoveries by the Late Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin and His Party [F.L. M'Clintock] * Exploration of the Arctic Regions [Augustus Petermann] * A Visit to Easter Island, or Rapa-Nui [J. L. Palmer] * Report to the Secretary of the United States Navy, at Washington, of the Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, during the Years 1853-4-5, with a Chart, Showing the Discoveries Made in the Arctic Regions [Elisha Kent Kane] * On the Physical Geography of the Sea, in Connection with the Antarctic Regions [Matthew Fontaine Maury] If you know of any library or academic institution with an interest in 19th century world history, geography, exploration, and/or cartography, this is a gold mine. Please direct all inquiries to Trevor Riley [[log in to unmask]]. ====================== -- Michael Fry Collections Manager | Map Library Manager National Geographic Society Library 202.807.3139 [log in to unmask] [image: Nat Geo Logo Yellow_Black.png] <http://www.nationalgeographic.org> 1145 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036 [image: Email-Signature8.gif] <https://donate.nationalgeographic.org/em-sig>