The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 72National Geographic Society., 1938 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 318
... Ship Island , on a foggy January day in 1721 , anchored the good ship La Baleine , with nearly a hundred seasick and voyage - weary Paris maidens , the " casquette girls " sent out to marry colonists . Their name was derived from the ...
... Ship Island , on a foggy January day in 1721 , anchored the good ship La Baleine , with nearly a hundred seasick and voyage - weary Paris maidens , the " casquette girls " sent out to marry colonists . Their name was derived from the ...
Page 378
... ship's dog , was given a ducking , and emerged a full - fledged but thoroughly disgusted shellback . sides , just like the Matson Line's ship stacks . You put your letters in the buoy , and the next ship picks them up . " The doctor ...
... ship's dog , was given a ducking , and emerged a full - fledged but thoroughly disgusted shellback . sides , just like the Matson Line's ship stacks . You put your letters in the buoy , and the next ship picks them up . " The doctor ...
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... ship and to examine the bottom through a water glass . The men selected a spot in seven fathoms which they buoyed after ex- amining all around that locality . The Avocet dropped her anchor along- side the anchorage buoy , and there we ...
... ship and to examine the bottom through a water glass . The men selected a spot in seven fathoms which they buoyed after ex- amining all around that locality . The Avocet dropped her anchor along- side the anchorage buoy , and there we ...
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Machines Come to Mississippi By J R HILDEBRAND | 263 |
Magnolia State Mosaic Mississippi 26 ills in color from naturalcolor photographs | 279 |
Miracle of Talking by Telephone By F BARROWS COLTON | 395 |
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