The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 101National Geographic Society, 1952 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... once every 24 hours , spinning faster than 1,000 miles per hour at the Equator . Also like a top , Earth wobbles as it turns , but so slowly it takes 26,000 years to complete one " wobble . " In that time the North Pole slowly moves ...
... once every 24 hours , spinning faster than 1,000 miles per hour at the Equator . Also like a top , Earth wobbles as it turns , but so slowly it takes 26,000 years to complete one " wobble . " In that time the North Pole slowly moves ...
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... Once the stone stood in front of Cody's home in Rome , now a vanished prai- rie town ; here it decorates a yard in Hays . As the hired provisioner for a railroad gang , Cody - better known as Buffalo Bill - killed 4,280 buffalos in 18 ...
... Once the stone stood in front of Cody's home in Rome , now a vanished prai- rie town ; here it decorates a yard in Hays . As the hired provisioner for a railroad gang , Cody - better known as Buffalo Bill - killed 4,280 buffalos in 18 ...
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... Once Center of Idol Worship Focus of millions of prayers is the Kaaba at Mecca , once a pagan shrine . In the year 622 Mohammed was forced to flee from Mecca , then a center of idol worship . Today Moslems date their era from that ...
... Once Center of Idol Worship Focus of millions of prayers is the Kaaba at Mecca , once a pagan shrine . In the year 622 Mohammed was forced to flee from Mecca , then a center of idol worship . Today Moslems date their era from that ...
Contents
Because Housewives Want Smaller Beef Roasts Bigger | v |
On a Lush African Island an Arabian Nights City Thrives on Spice | xiii |
Britains Eastern Mediterranean Base Has Known | xxvii |
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