WASHINGTON, D. C.

JUDD & DETWEILER, PRINTERS

1901

211860

CONTENTS

The Influence of Submarine Cables upon Military and Naval Supremacy; by George O.

SQUIER.....

The Indian Tribes of Southern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Adjoining Islands;

by J. B. HATCHER..

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Location of the Boundary between Nicaragua and Costa Rica; by ARTHUR P. DAVIS....

The Nicaragua Canal........

The Tsangpo; by JAMES MASCARENE HUBBARD..

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Recent Contributions to our Knowledge of the Earth's Shape and Size by the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey; by C. A. SCHOTT...

Explorations in Central East Africa....

Geographic Notes....

The Principles Underlying the Survey of the Bottom of the Ocean for an All-American

Trans-Pacific Cable to the Philippines and the Orient; by E. W. LITTLEHALES...

An Around-the-World American Exposition; by O. P. AUSTIN..

The Causes that Led up to the Siege of Pekin; by W. A. P. MARTIN.

Singan-the Present Capital of the Chinese Empire; by JAMES MASCARENE HUBBARD..

The Midnight Sun in the Klondike; by ALICE ROLLINS CRANE.

The Northern Lights; by ALICE ROLLINS CRANE...

Japan and China-Some Comparisons; by HARRIE WEBSTER.

Geographic Notes....

Death of Colonel Hilder; [W J MCGEE].

The Origin of Yosemite Valley; by HENRY GANNETT

Geographic Names....

Proceedings of the National Geographic Society.

Geographic Facts from Report of the Taft Philippine Commission.

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The Philippine Exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition; by D. O. NOBLE HOFFMAN.

Geographic Notes.....

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Geographic Literature..

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The Old Yuma Trail (continued); by W J McGee.

Proceedings of the National Geographic Society.

Advances in Geographic Knowledge during the Nineteenth Century; by A. W. GREELY.

Mexico of Today; by DON JUAN N. NAVARRO.

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The Latin-American Constitutions and Revolutions; by JOHN W. FOSTER.

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Geographic Notes..

Geographic Literature...

Proceedings of the National Geographic Society.

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