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unusual facts about Royal Geographic Society



George William Allan

He toured Europe, the Nile River, Syria, the Holy Land, Turkey and Greece giving him a lifelong appreciation of travel and winning him election to the Royal Geographic Society.

Livingstone Memorial

He made a clearing in the forest and had the carving removed and sent to the Royal Geographic Society's museum in London.


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1838 in birding and ornithology

James Edward Alexander publishes Expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa : Through the Hitherto Undescribed Countries of the Great Namaquas, Boschmans, and Hill Damaras, Performed under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographic Society.