North, West & Southern Europe: Greeks
Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
Books and Pamphlets:-20 including The expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and the retreat of the ten thousand Greeks Xenophon.
Maps:- The Question of Thrace
Pictures:-3: Remains of the Marble Arch, Greeks in traditional costume celebrating St George's day in Arachova and Greeks in traditional dress at the Parthenon – Athens.
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Location: Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
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Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 1 Kensington Gore,
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Religious Group: Jewish
Books and Pamphlets:- 8 titles mainly about where Jews have… -
Oceania
Books and Pamphlets:- 60 titles several of which are written… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Turks
Maps:-9 maps all in English of a variety of ages.Picture… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Portuguese
Archive:- The R L Reid Collection 1905-1913. EnglishBooks and Pamphlets:-152… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Italian
Archive Material:- 6 complete collections from the late 18th Century… -
North, West & Southern Europe: Irish
Archive Collection:-The Shackleton Collection, three boxes. English.Books and Pamphlets: -… -
North, West & Southern Europe: German
Archive Material:- 6 collections of varying sizes and ages. English… -
North, West & Southern Europe: French
Archive Materials:-17 Collections in mixture of French and EnglishBooks and… -
North, West & Southern Europe
Archive Material:-10 collections all from the late 19th Century onwards.Books… -
North America
Archives -3 items Diaries and volumes of news cuttings and… -
Near & Middle East: Kurdish
Books and Pamphlets:- 4 titles: 3in English and 1 in… -
Near & Middle East: Iranian
17 images of Iran, all with captions in English.Search the… -
Near & Middle East
Books and pamphlets:- 9 titles all from the 20th Century.… -
Caribbean
The RGS holds many photos taken in Caribbean in the… -
Asian: Vietnamese
Books and Pamphlets:- 3 titles. Neil Adger. John Colvin. Jean… -
Asian: Sri Lankan
Archive Material:- The Samuel Baker CollectionBooks and Pamphlets:-22 titles. EnglishMaps:-87… -
Asian: Japanese
Archive Material:- 4 titles. EnglishBooks and Pamphlets:- 297 titles. EnglishMaps:-… -
Asian: Indian
Archive Material:- 9 including several works on Botany. English.Books and… -
Asian: Filipino
Books and Pamphlets:- 30 titles. English and French.Maps:- 93 titles.… -
Asian: Chinese
Archive Material:- 19 titles. English Books and Pamphlets:- 920 titles. English,… -
Asian
Books and Pamphlets:- 91 titles including a work from 1704.English.Maps:-… -
African: Ugandan
Picture Library:- 13 images all depicting native life. English.Search the… -
African: Sudanese
Maps:-1 Italian.Museum Items:-2: A rifle and 2 Dervish banners and… -
African: South African
Archive material:- H Hayes Perkins and Meyer-Griffith collections.Books and Pamphlets:-… -
African: Somali
Archive material:-Speke and Richard Burton collections.Books and Pamphlets:-13 books. English… -
African: Nigerian
Books and Pamphlets:- D R Rosevear and R E Dennett.Maps:-… -
African: Moroccan
43 images of Morocco with captions in English.Search the RGS… -
African: Kenyan
18 images of Kenya with subtitles in English.Search the RGS… -
African: Ethiopian
Books and Pamphlets:- The woman from Tedbab, Ethiopian Jewish immigrants… -
African: Egyptian
Archive material:- The E A Floyer collection.Books and Pamphlets:- 75… -
African: Congolese
Books and Pamphlets:- 1: La questione Congolese by Aristide Cornoldi.… -
Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers)
In June 2004 the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) opened…