The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... race . Their discoveries form a large share of our knowledge of a civilization waning when Pizarro first set foot in Peru . THE Society also had the honor of sub- scribing a substantial sum to the expedition of Admiral . Peary , who ...
... race . Their discoveries form a large share of our knowledge of a civilization waning when Pizarro first set foot in Peru . THE Society also had the honor of sub- scribing a substantial sum to the expedition of Admiral . Peary , who ...
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... races .. Grandfather Mountain , N. C ... Granger's Bench , Utah . Grass , Aromatic citronella : Singapore .. Grass : Greenland .. " Great Water Gorge " : China .. Great White Way : U. S. Air Mail . Greek Church , Alba Iulia , Rumania ...
... races .. Grandfather Mountain , N. C ... Granger's Bench , Utah . Grass , Aromatic citronella : Singapore .. Grass : Greenland .. " Great Water Gorge " : China .. Great White Way : U. S. Air Mail . Greek Church , Alba Iulia , Rumania ...
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... races . Grandfather Mountain , N. C .... Granger's Bench , Utah .. Grass , Aromatic citronella : Singapore .. Grass : Greenland ... 319 Plates I , VI , VIII - X , XII , XIII , XVI , 300-317 " Graustark " ( book ) , Reference to ...
... races . Grandfather Mountain , N. C .... Granger's Bench , Utah .. Grass , Aromatic citronella : Singapore .. Grass : Greenland ... 319 Plates I , VI , VIII - X , XII , XIII , XVI , 300-317 " Graustark " ( book ) , Reference to ...
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... race of Mississippi River pilots , they must learn their long course as " you follow a hall at home in the dark " ; and like them , too , they are as picturesque a type as in those old steamboat days when " every man half a horse and ...
... race of Mississippi River pilots , they must learn their long course as " you follow a hall at home in the dark " ; and like them , too , they are as picturesque a type as in those old steamboat days when " every man half a horse and ...
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... races that some clubs now employ airplanes to carry their birds to the releasing sta- tion , thus reducing the time they are en route and thereby giving them additional strength for the flight . THE ORIGIN OF THE DOMESTIC PIGEON IS IN ...
... races that some clubs now employ airplanes to carry their birds to the releasing sta- tion , thus reducing the time they are en route and thereby giving them additional strength for the flight . THE ORIGIN OF THE DOMESTIC PIGEON IS IN ...
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
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Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.