A Student's Fascinating Study of The Rivers, Islands and Interesting Points of Commerce Around the World
Finely executed geographical text, hand drawn by Belgian noble Georges Van Havre when he was a student of about 17 years old.
The Journal consists of 65 half and full page maps (with text on opposite page), with a 5 page index at the end.
- Algiers
- Oufna and Cheliff
- Djebel-Aures Lakes Mebrir and Triton
- Caravan Routes (Algiers)
- Algerian Railroads
- Western Mediterranean Shipping Lines
- Philippine Islands
- Route of Magellan through the Philippine Islands (March 1521)
- Central Asia
- Course of the Amu Darya River
- Pamir Plateau
- Telegraph Lines in Afghanistan
- Course of the Syr Daria River in Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the Aural Sea
- Course of the Tarim River (Xinxiang, China
- French Indo-China
- Course of the Shang-Hai River (Red River)
- Coastal Islands of Vietnam
- Lake Tonlé Sap (Cambodia)
- Mekong Delta (Cambodia)
- Mountains near Hue, Vietnam
- Iceland
- Mount Hekla (Iceland)
- Madeira and Porto Santo Islands
- Line of Navigation between Madeira and Lisbon
- Dutch Guyana
- Maroni River (Suriname)
- Mauritius
- Commercial Routes from Mauritius and Reunion Island
- Canada
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Waterway
- Newfoundland, Anticosti, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Islands
- Polar Regions (North Devon Island)
- Baffin Land
- James Bay / Athabasca
- British Columbia / Nootka Island
- Lake Manitoba and Winnipeg
- British Columbia Mountains
- Course of the Yukon River
- Course of the Frasier and Columbia Rivers
- Lake Athabasca and environs
- Course of the Copper Mine River
- Churchill River
- Northwest Passage (Barrow Straits, MacClure Strait, McClintock Strait)
- St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
- Danish Antilles (Virgin Islands)
- Cacheo (Santo Domingo)
- Gambia River Sainte-Marie-De-Bathurst
- Bass Straits (Australia)
- Tasmania
- New Zealand
- Nova Zembla / Siberia
- St. Pierre et Miquelon
- Saint Martin and St. Barths
- Rhodes
- Cyprus
- Zanzibar
- Zanzibar Strait
- Java
- Lines of Commerce in Indonesia
- Hainan
- Strait of Hainan
- Cuba
- Jamaica
Knight Georges Van Havre was a grandson of Senator Gustave Van Havre and the son of Albert Van Havre (1842-1904) and of Inès van Ertborn (1846-1925).
He married Nathalie du Bois de Vroylande (1875-1961), daughter of the governor of Antwerp Charles du Bois de Vroylande . The family had 10 children. Three sons provided an extensive posterity.
In 1919 he was appointed mayor of Wijnegem and held this position until 1934.