The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 59National Geographic Society, 1931 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 322
... VALLEY OF THE " KING OF RIVERS " Some days later we were in the Indus Valley , and to our eyes , already eager for a sight of trees and vegetation , this hot mountain valley proved disappointing . Even the " king of rivers , " which ...
... VALLEY OF THE " KING OF RIVERS " Some days later we were in the Indus Valley , and to our eyes , already eager for a sight of trees and vegetation , this hot mountain valley proved disappointing . Even the " king of rivers , " which ...
Page 341
... valley eastward , we crossed the first wintry snow fields , which even the summer sun was not strong enough to melt , and three days after leaving Kiam we reached the Lanak La , the frontier pass to Tibet proper . SOUNDLESS GLORY ON TOP ...
... valley eastward , we crossed the first wintry snow fields , which even the summer sun was not strong enough to melt , and three days after leaving Kiam we reached the Lanak La , the frontier pass to Tibet proper . SOUNDLESS GLORY ON TOP ...
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... valley - nest- ling town itself ; for something of the land's pastoral days - and the pastoral note predominates in South Africa's story- lingers in Pretoria's prim streets , in its quiet homes with their beckoning , old- fashioned ...
... valley - nest- ling town itself ; for something of the land's pastoral days - and the pastoral note predominates in South Africa's story- lingers in Pretoria's prim streets , in its quiet homes with their beckoning , old- fashioned ...
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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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