This paper is the record of the Alexander von Humboldt Centenary Fesitival at Berlin on 18-19th May 1959, 32nd German Geographical Congress on 20-24th, and the author's round the world travel, May to July of the same year.
1) Tokyo-Rome-Stockholm.
2) Special Commission on the 1:1, 000, 000 World Population Map of the International Geographical Union, under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. W. William- Olsson, Stockholm School of Economics. It was held at Stockholm on 13-15th May, to which Prof. Dr. F. Burg-dörfer (München), Mr. R. Perothero (Liverpool), Mr. G. Norström (Stockholm) attended. We discussed mainly on the method of absolute population distribution maps.
3) Stockholm and Uppsala.
4) Humboldt Festival and the 32nd German Geographical Congress. The Festival was held at the residence of Humboldt family at Tegel and the recently constructed Congress Hall at Tiergarten, both in West Berlin. More than 1, 000 participants, not only geographers but also scientists of various fields, diplomats, govermental officers, and others assembled. The Geographical Congress (Geographentag), including Carl Ritter's Centenary Festival, was held on 20-24th May at the Congress Hall. There were 16 selected reports on German and foreign regional geography, urban geography, geomorphology, eustatic changes, and cultural geography. A half day excursion in West and East Berlin was held on 22nd. After the Congress, three excursions in Braunschweig, Bad Harzburg, and Minden were prepared. At the festivals, Prof. Dr. H. Lautensach and Prof. Dr. C. O. Sauer were honoured with the Humboldt Gold Medal; Prof. Dr. H. W. Ahlmann and Prof. Dr. C. Troll were awarded the Ritter Gold Medal; The Ritter Silver Medals were given to Prof. Dr. J. Büdel, Prof. Dr. E. Otremba, Prof. Dr. R. Maack, and Prof. Dr. S. Kiuchi. The Geographical Society of Berlin (Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin; President Prof. Dr. J. H. Schultze) took the best effort to organize these Meetings.
5) Excursion in Braunschweig.
6) Days in Dahlemdorf, Berlin.
7) Bonn and the University of Bonn.
8) Excursion in Rhein-Westfalen.
9) Strooll in Greater London.
10) Liverpool and Chester.
11) Flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
12) The discovery of America in 1959's.
13) University and Institutes of United States: Their environment and activities.
14) Country life in Michigan.
15) San Francisco to Tokyo.
Acknowledgment: The author would like to write here his deepest gratitude to all the professors, members, and institutions which he has visited. To the Science Council of Japan, Asia Foundation, Freie Universität Berlin, International Geographical Union, Handelshogskolan i Stockholm, British Council, and other institutes, which have supported the travel, the author expresses his best regard.
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