The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 115National Geographic Society, 1959 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 109
... past in this area do not . 109 The famous Classic Maya cities of the Guatemala jungles , with their development dated so accurately by the remarkable Maya calendar , were suddenly abandoned between A.D. 600 and 900. By the time of the ...
... past in this area do not . 109 The famous Classic Maya cities of the Guatemala jungles , with their development dated so accurately by the remarkable Maya calendar , were suddenly abandoned between A.D. 600 and 900. By the time of the ...
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... past garden walls aflame with tropical blooms , past blurred patches of sugar cane and flickering doorways . Expert yanks on the ropes threw the sled into sickening sideslips to negotiate the twists and turns of the descent . At one ...
... past garden walls aflame with tropical blooms , past blurred patches of sugar cane and flickering doorways . Expert yanks on the ropes threw the sled into sickening sideslips to negotiate the twists and turns of the descent . At one ...
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... past Kilauea was almost continuously active . One early witness described the inferno with simple horror : " I've seen hell . " Modern pilgrims to Kilauea bring back a different impression . In the near - by Puna district , the mellowed ...
... past Kilauea was almost continuously active . One early witness described the inferno with simple horror : " I've seen hell . " Modern pilgrims to Kilauea bring back a different impression . In the near - by Puna district , the mellowed ...
Contents
A TROPICAL BIT OF FRANCE 255 | vi |
FIRST CROSSINGS OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH | 1 |
THE ARCTIC AS A SEA ROUTE OF THE FUTURE | 21 |
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