CHEWINGS, Charles

Central Australia. [Contained in] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, Volume XIII, Number 6, June 1891

London, Edward Stanford for the Royal Geographical Society, 1891.

Octavo, pages 343-362 (in ii, 313-380 pages with an illustration plus a folding colour lithographed map).

Original printed wrappers slightly chipped and tanned; joints splitting; a few other minor signs of age and handling; a very good copy.

Chewings offers 'a brief outline of Central Australia and its prospects', with an introductory summary on exploration; the main emphasis is on geology.

The other contributions to this volume are BAKER, G.P.: 'Travel and Ascents in the Basardjusi District, Daghestan' (with a folding colour map), and PRATT, A.E.: 'Two Journeys toTa-tsien-lu on the Eastern Borders of Tibet'.

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