The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 59National Geographic Society, 1931 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... turned to " shoot " a passenger train . From open coach windows friendly people waved to us , and by jets of white steam we knew the engineer was whistling a salute . Over Key West , southernmost city of the United States , we circled ...
... turned to " shoot " a passenger train . From open coach windows friendly people waved to us , and by jets of white steam we knew the engineer was whistling a salute . Over Key West , southernmost city of the United States , we circled ...
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... turned like a grindstone by a man who worked its crank . Women pounding petit maïs and wild . rice in clumsy wooden mortars sang in rhythm with each stroke . Spread on the muddy , open - air market ground at the town of Petit Goâve , I ...
... turned like a grindstone by a man who worked its crank . Women pounding petit maïs and wild . rice in clumsy wooden mortars sang in rhythm with each stroke . Spread on the muddy , open - air market ground at the town of Petit Goâve , I ...
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... turned Albanian patriot . In 24 years of leadership he fought 13 campaigns , remaining undefeated by Turk- ish armies that , on occasion , numbered 200,000 , and wielded artillery throwing stone shot of 1,300 pounds . When he died , at ...
... turned Albanian patriot . In 24 years of leadership he fought 13 campaigns , remaining undefeated by Turk- ish armies that , on occasion , numbered 200,000 , and wielded artillery throwing stone shot of 1,300 pounds . When he died , at ...
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A Vast African Territory Ruled by Petty Sultans Under French | 225 |
Through an Asiatic No Mans Land to the Desert | 319 |
Rounding the Horn in a Windjammer By A J VILLIERS 191 | 416 |
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