The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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... road across the rugged hills that led to the edge of the ice- cap . This was a real mountain road , with bridges , hair - raising cliff - edge curves , hair- pin bends , and one 200 - foot slope that slanted upward at an angle of 43 ...
... road across the rugged hills that led to the edge of the ice- cap . This was a real mountain road , with bridges , hair - raising cliff - edge curves , hair- pin bends , and one 200 - foot slope that slanted upward at an angle of 43 ...
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High Road in the Pyrenees National Geographic Society 326 Medieval Gate Straddles a Lane in. which still remembers Charlemagne and the Moors in an annual mystery play , and on to the Vallée d'Ossau . The road became more somber as it ...
High Road in the Pyrenees National Geographic Society 326 Medieval Gate Straddles a Lane in. which still remembers Charlemagne and the Moors in an annual mystery play , and on to the Vallée d'Ossau . The road became more somber as it ...
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... road's importance . Unhulled rice in jungle villages was selling for about $ 1.50 for 83 pounds . Rice taken 12 miles in bullock carts on the new road to the only real town in the district , Jagdalpur ( population about 15,000 ) ...
... road's importance . Unhulled rice in jungle villages was selling for about $ 1.50 for 83 pounds . Rice taken 12 miles in bullock carts on the new road to the only real town in the district , Jagdalpur ( population about 15,000 ) ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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