The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-25
RECENT GEOGRAPHICAL PROGRESS.

Chief Justice Daily. President OF the Geo
graphical Society. remarks that the year
1875 completed The third quarter Of the
nineteenth century, period particularly
distng uisEed for geographical exploration
anu discovery For the last twenty-five
years We nave been living 10 o period OF e1-
cepiional activity. for al no time has al IL
terest so ulde-s spread been manifested for
geographical exploration since the early
par, o. tie fifteenth century, which saw the
exploration Of the western coast OF Africa by
the Poriucuese and eliminated IN the cir
cumnavigatlon Of the globe by Magellan
Within The period embraced between l4ls
and 1919 the captains OF Prince Henry mad
sailed around the continent of Africa. Col
untus tad discovered America; his compan-
ion Nanuz debalboa. The Pacific; Sebastian
Cabot mad followed the coast Of North Amer
ica 10 The xiyseventh parallel Of north
latitude and Magellan vessel, the Victoria
after sailing round the world, had returned
Il San -lca- II SPAN.
The century that fowowed this period Of
discovery was occupied with the more par
iicular exploration and settlement OF the
regions thus brought 10 the knowledge OF
mau..ra and with the laboJs Of geogTapL-
err and cariograEhers IN arranging tbs
great mars OF new materials into recon
stracted system 0. geography In fact .
large 4 PORTION OF the sarsbs surface Lad
bee one known within 60 short a period thai
| j, presented enough 10 absorb all the acilv.
I ity az civilized nations for three centuries IL
the WORK Of co.on.zaiion, settlement, or con
I quest.
1 II was &c. until he middle Of the nine.
i reeutn century that The attention Q. man
i KIND vas again drawn 10 the yet uDdsscov
+ cred d. lnper.ec.ly known portions Of til
+ earth and new .nierssi awakened 10 geo.
graphical exploration and discovery. Thii
! mar he -a.d - have begun with he found
| ing Of Z geographical society 10 Paris il
l 1927. D. another ID Berlin in 1895. and th'
estah.isaneI Of the Royal Geographical
soo.e;- ii London IN $40 Like al nev
| things however, i was some years befoY.
these secietiss produced any effect, or IT,
world recognized the value 81 the purpos.
for ~Lsc1 the7 were established The Roy
o. Geograyn heal Society oe Lonion mar b
quoted ~ Al illustration OF these societies
II nas now q OBS fellows, each paying e.
year, large permanent capital, and an az
naal income Of $35. 600 1t has building
Lns 1slEAFy. aLa AAp 'ooW, anu nae Ire
oaenf.s cent out expeditions for geograph
zeal exploration and discovery The turn
ing po.ns Of ~ history and influence W.
The election, ii Is43, II Sir koderics !
MarcEison u the Presidency. then inth'
fallns<s Of lis fame ~ geologist. Va
be who pointed out with remarkable Agaci-
~ sras The paris Of The globe 10 which e1
ploTztlon and research should BE- directed
md concentrated we're Central AFRICA Aus
,rala, AID he regions grrro1nding IN
north and south poles. ar Aodsr1cx va
evidently Impressed with the conviction tina
efficient attention ~as not then given II
tre advancement u the science OF geogra-
pay, and to his <ninently practical mind j
~as clear that 4 was not to b advanced b
znplT study irg il in Ire closet, bit By s1-
ylnrations AMI scientific researches, rsquir
.nr uerssste-. EFFORTS. and the labors of
numerous. zealo1s, and intelligent class b
workers oeer large pcrtisn Of the earth
surface. Judge DAILY selects Sir Rodsricl
Mrrrhison merely - : type Il WAS no
alone to hm- but - many emiDenet men il
France, Germany. Russ.a, Italy, and othe
eounsrie, pre-e0;nest aoong whom -
AIsx,1Ssr Ven HuobsAt, that he eonvie