The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 3National Geographic Society, 1892 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... STONE , JAMES S. , C , 131 Vernon Street , Newton , Mass . SUTTON , FRANK , Geological Survey . SWAN , HON . JAMES G. , C , Port Townsend , Wash . TALBOT , MRS . LAURA OSBORNE , 927 P Street . TARR , R. S. , C , Cornell University ...
... STONE , JAMES S. , C , 131 Vernon Street , Newton , Mass . SUTTON , FRANK , Geological Survey . SWAN , HON . JAMES G. , C , Port Townsend , Wash . TALBOT , MRS . LAURA OSBORNE , 927 P Street . TARR , R. S. , C , Cornell University ...
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... stone used in constructing these buildings , we are astonished at what they accomplished . The pyramids of Egypt are not more wonderful . Great highways were built , running north , south and west , connecting different parts of the ...
... stone used in constructing these buildings , we are astonished at what they accomplished . The pyramids of Egypt are not more wonderful . Great highways were built , running north , south and west , connecting different parts of the ...
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... Upper Peru , heard of a land of silver and gold , spices and precious stones ; a land where spring reigned and all tropical fruits abounded . He determined to follow the little stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito.
... Upper Peru , heard of a land of silver and gold , spices and precious stones ; a land where spring reigned and all tropical fruits abounded . He determined to follow the little stream which , rising in the Andes , near Quito.
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... stones burning hot , in the sun's rays . In cross- ing the Cordilleras the cool breezes of the mountains are met . The road then descends into the valley of the Amazon , through a rich and not unhealthy region , though it has the damp ...
... stones burning hot , in the sun's rays . In cross- ing the Cordilleras the cool breezes of the mountains are met . The road then descends into the valley of the Amazon , through a rich and not unhealthy region , though it has the damp ...
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... stones and tornadoes in India , explains them on the principle of the great diminution of temperature upwards in the air , but a critic , in combating this theory , objects to the high and low stations selected to show temperatures ...
... stones and tornadoes in India , explains them on the principle of the great diminution of temperature upwards in the air , but a critic , in combating this theory , objects to the high and low stations selected to show temperatures ...
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