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North, West & Southern Europe

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive Material:-10 collections all from the late 19th Century onwards.Books and Pamphlets:-389 items dating back three centuries.Maps: 1898 maps varying in size Museum items:-99 items.Picture Library:- 34 images of varying ages and sizes both landscape and portrait. English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

North America

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archives -3 items Diaries and volumes of news cuttings and notes. EnglishBooks and Pamphlets:-269 titles on expeditions from the 16th Century onwards mainly focusing on the journals from the discovery and exploration of the continent. All in English.Map Room:-Maps from the 18th Century onwards. 336…

Near & Middle East: Kurdish

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and Pamphlets:- 4 titles: 3in English and 1 in Italian.Picture Library:- 30 images from the last 2 centuries Search the RGS online picture library

Near & Middle East: Iranian

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

17 images of Iran, all with captions in English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Near & Middle East

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and pamphlets:- 9 titles all from the 20th Century. EnglishMap Room:- 4 maps all from the first half of the 20th Century. English.Picture Library:- 3 images. EnglishSearch the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Caribbean

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

The RGS holds many photos taken in Caribbean in the early 20th century, most of them by Harry Johnston, a British Colonial Administrator in East Africa. The photographs were a result of Johnston's travels in the Caribbean at the request of US President Theodore Roosevelt,…

Asian: Vietnamese

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and Pamphlets:- 3 titles. Neil Adger. John Colvin. Jean Deveria.Maps:-87 titles. EnglishPicture Library:- 13 images. EnglishSearch the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Asian: Sri Lankan

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive Material:- The Samuel Baker CollectionBooks and Pamphlets:-22 titles. EnglishMaps:-87 titles. English, French and ItalianMuseum Items:- 7 titles. EnglishPicture Library:- 552 titles. English and FrenchSearch the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Asian: Japanese

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive Material:- 4 titles. EnglishBooks and Pamphlets:- 297 titles. EnglishMaps:- 158 titles. English and FrenchMuseum Items:- 6 titles.Picture Library:- 1353 images. English and Italian.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Asian: Indian

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive Material:- 9 including several works on Botany. English.Books and Pamphlets:- 625 titles mainly written from the beginning of British Imperial interests. English.Maps:- 261 maps. English.Museum Items:- 43 items including a clinometer and a statue of an Indian Goddess. English.Picture Library:-674 images. English.Search the RGS…

Asian: Filipino

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and Pamphlets:- 30 titles. English and French.Maps:- 93 titles. English, German and Spanish.Museum Items:- 2 weapons and an artefact (bow and arrows).Picture Library:- English, French and SpanishSearch the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Asian: Chinese

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive Material:- 19 titles. English Books and Pamphlets:- 920 titles. English, French, German and ItalianMaps:-1129 items. English, French and GermanMuseum Items:- 47 titles. EnglishPicture Library:- 8646 pictures. English Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Asian

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and Pamphlets:- 91 titles including a work from 1704.English.Maps:- 6 maps dating back to the 18th century. English, Dutch and Greek.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Ugandan

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Picture Library:- 13 images all depicting native life. English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Sudanese

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Maps:-1 Italian.Museum Items:-2: A rifle and 2 Dervish banners and with explanatory note and translations of inscriptions. English.Picture Library:-430 images mainly depicting native life. English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: South African

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive material:- H Hayes Perkins and Meyer-Griffith collections.Books and Pamphlets:- 64 titles.Pictures:- 45 titles. English and French.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Somali

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Archive material:-Speke and Richard Burton collections.Books and Pamphlets:-13 books. English and ItalianMaps:- 19 titles. English and GermanMuseum Items:-Tape recording made in Somali Republic.Pictures:-33 pictures.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Nigerian

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Books and Pamphlets:- D R Rosevear and R E Dennett.Maps:- 3 maps- chart of Talita Oluwa and Siloko Rivers region, Kwa Ibo Creek and Afi & Ukpon Rivers.Pictures:- 41 titles. English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Moroccan

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

43 images of Morocco with captions in English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

African: Kenyan

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

18 images of Kenya with subtitles in English.Search the RGS online picture libraryUnlocking the Archives: the RGS education site

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)

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