The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 34National Geographic Society, 1918 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 27
... Roman senator repeat his famous dictum " Delenda est Carthago ! " more persistently than did Charles N. Chad- wick his doctrine that " New York must have an adequate water supply . " One by one he won supporters to his idea - now the ...
... Roman senator repeat his famous dictum " Delenda est Carthago ! " more persistently than did Charles N. Chad- wick his doctrine that " New York must have an adequate water supply . " One by one he won supporters to his idea - now the ...
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... Romans were building aqueducts . When the Aqua Claudia was under construction a tunnel under a mountain three miles long was necessary , and the chief engineer started work at both ends . He was cap- tured by brigands , and when he was ...
... Romans were building aqueducts . When the Aqua Claudia was under construction a tunnel under a mountain three miles long was necessary , and the chief engineer started work at both ends . He was cap- tured by brigands , and when he was ...
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... Roman architectural genius . The highest track that runs into the station is nine feet below sealevel . Millions of people pass its portals every month . Photograph from the New York Edison Company THE NIGHT GEOGRAPHY. 41.
... Roman architectural genius . The highest track that runs into the station is nine feet below sealevel . Millions of people pass its portals every month . Photograph from the New York Edison Company THE NIGHT GEOGRAPHY. 41.
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... Roman conquering legions and from which eastern luxury undermined the foundations of western power . " The waters of the Orontes contaminated the Tiber , " as one ancient sage observed . THE INFLUENCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE ON WORLD EVENTS ...
... Roman conquering legions and from which eastern luxury undermined the foundations of western power . " The waters of the Orontes contaminated the Tiber , " as one ancient sage observed . THE INFLUENCE OF CONSTANTINOPLE ON WORLD EVENTS ...
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... Roman Empire , on the threshold of the East , in 328 A. D. It stood as the easternmost outpost of Christendom for eight centuries until it fell 1453 , since which time it has been the Turkish capital . The conspicuous building in before ...
... Roman Empire , on the threshold of the East , in 328 A. D. It stood as the easternmost outpost of Christendom for eight centuries until it fell 1453 , since which time it has been the Turkish capital . The conspicuous building in before ...
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