The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 19
... deep loam , from four to six feet in depth , excepting in Patagonia and the western pampas , where there is a coarse gravel and detritus from the Andes . Instead of the dense tropical forest of the Amazon valley , the pampas are covered ...
... deep loam , from four to six feet in depth , excepting in Patagonia and the western pampas , where there is a coarse gravel and detritus from the Andes . Instead of the dense tropical forest of the Amazon valley , the pampas are covered ...
Page 22
... deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily descending toward the northeast ; the valleys growing ever broader , warmer and more delightful , until the montaña is reached , only a few hundred feet above the Atlantic ...
... deep cañons and then through rich , fertile valleys steadily descending toward the northeast ; the valleys growing ever broader , warmer and more delightful , until the montaña is reached , only a few hundred feet above the Atlantic ...
Page 28
... deep dark ravine to find a furious river , while on the lowlands the path seemed lost in the dense bamboos , until the Indians opened a passage with their machetes and we crept under the low arcade of foliage . " Even if the railroad ...
... deep dark ravine to find a furious river , while on the lowlands the path seemed lost in the dense bamboos , until the Indians opened a passage with their machetes and we crept under the low arcade of foliage . " Even if the railroad ...
Page 56
... deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about the same . Its eastern shore is fringed with low , wooded ...
... deep to reach the mountain to the northward . This bay has a broad opening to the sea ; the distance between its ocean capes is twenty miles , and its extension inland is about the same . Its eastern shore is fringed with low , wooded ...
Page 78
... deep inlet , too far away to be seen from the course followed by the Queen . The route northward led through Stephens passage , and afforded glimpses of glaciers both on the mainland and on Admiralty island . In Taku inlet several hours ...
... deep inlet , too far away to be seen from the course followed by the Queen . The route northward led through Stephens passage , and afforded glimpses of glaciers both on the mainland and on Admiralty island . In Taku inlet several hours ...
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