The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 235
... sail , with the beautiful mountains of Raïatea sweeping up ahead , and soon we tied up at the little wharf of the town of Uturoa . CANOES MAKE HIGH SPEED Raïatea is noted for the speed of her out- rigger sailing ca- noes , fabulous ac ...
... sail , with the beautiful mountains of Raïatea sweeping up ahead , and soon we tied up at the little wharf of the town of Uturoa . CANOES MAKE HIGH SPEED Raïatea is noted for the speed of her out- rigger sailing ca- noes , fabulous ac ...
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FAMILIAR TO PHILATELISTS IS THE CRAB - CLAW SAIL , DEPICTED ON PAPUAN STAMPS Plaited leaves form the peculiar sail of the lakatoi , a native craft consisting of two or three canoes lashed together and covered with a deck . The Pilgrim ...
FAMILIAR TO PHILATELISTS IS THE CRAB - CLAW SAIL , DEPICTED ON PAPUAN STAMPS Plaited leaves form the peculiar sail of the lakatoi , a native craft consisting of two or three canoes lashed together and covered with a deck . The Pilgrim ...
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... sail . " At dawn I boarded the Dorjun with the anchor and a bon voyage lamb roast from the Sorensons , rowing out in the Cabo de Hornos , our new dory . I had bought it from a Swedish miner for $ 16 . Southward we bowled along down ...
... sail . " At dawn I boarded the Dorjun with the anchor and a bon voyage lamb roast from the Sorensons , rowing out in the Cabo de Hornos , our new dory . I had bought it from a Swedish miner for $ 16 . Southward we bowled along down ...
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Chocorua Indian chief | 38 |
Algonquian Indians | 57 |
Soaring Heights of New Hampshire Attract | 73 |
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