The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 102
... MILES 160 ° 1000 201 Taiwan To Hong Kong 759 miles Manila PACIFIC MARIANAS : 1182 miles Kure .. Midway Islands To Alameda , 1304 miles HAWAIIAN CEAN Tropic of Cancer ISLANDS . 1589 miles ' ROUTE OF FLYING CLIPPERS Wake I. ( US ) ...
... MILES 160 ° 1000 201 Taiwan To Hong Kong 759 miles Manila PACIFIC MARIANAS : 1182 miles Kure .. Midway Islands To Alameda , 1304 miles HAWAIIAN CEAN Tropic of Cancer ISLANDS . 1589 miles ' ROUTE OF FLYING CLIPPERS Wake I. ( US ) ...
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... MILES WITHOUT MOTORS Today the flights of many such auda- cious soarers have so increased knowledge of the air and its currents that sailplanes , as high - performance gliders are known , have been flown several hundred miles and others ...
... MILES WITHOUT MOTORS Today the flights of many such auda- cious soarers have so increased knowledge of the air and its currents that sailplanes , as high - performance gliders are known , have been flown several hundred miles and others ...
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... miles south of Algiers , across the Atlas Mountains and as far as Laghouat , we had excellent roads . Shortly thereafter they began to deteriorate . A hundred miles farther on they had degen- erated into tracks . This they continued to ...
... miles south of Algiers , across the Atlas Mountains and as far as Laghouat , we had excellent roads . Shortly thereafter they began to deteriorate . A hundred miles farther on they had degen- erated into tracks . This they continued to ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
In the Land of Moses and Abraham 25 illustrations in color from natural color photographs | 432 |
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