The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 799
... South America total 27,000 nautical miles . Over these , and the invisible radio paths , there flow now some 55,000,000 words a year , or about 100 per minute , day and night . Much is news , being received and sent by press ...
... South America total 27,000 nautical miles . Over these , and the invisible radio paths , there flow now some 55,000,000 words a year , or about 100 per minute , day and night . Much is news , being received and sent by press ...
Page 807
... south to Colombia . In Peru air transport of machinery to mines slow of access by mule is common , and ores are brought out the same way . Transport of the sick and injured to hos- pitals is frequent , and hardly a plane flies without ...
... south to Colombia . In Peru air transport of machinery to mines slow of access by mule is common , and ores are brought out the same way . Transport of the sick and injured to hos- pitals is frequent , and hardly a plane flies without ...
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... South America is less well known , geographically , than any other large inhabited region of the earth . Only about a quarter of its total area has been surveyed , and there are vast expanses which are practically unexplored . New ...
... South America is less well known , geographically , than any other large inhabited region of the earth . Only about a quarter of its total area has been surveyed , and there are vast expanses which are practically unexplored . New ...
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Chocorua Indian chief | 38 |
Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
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