The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 76National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... mile in diameter , came within some 500,000 miles of the Earth , though its path was such that it could not have struck us . Should such a body fall on one of the world's great cities , it would dig a crater several miles wide where the ...
... mile in diameter , came within some 500,000 miles of the Earth , though its path was such that it could not have struck us . Should such a body fall on one of the world's great cities , it would dig a crater several miles wide where the ...
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... miles that separate Dundee Island from the Bay of Whales . VAST TERRITORY CLAIMED FOR U. S. Flying for a thousand miles over majes- tic mountain peaks rising 12,000 feet above sea level and never before seen by human eye , we were ...
... miles that separate Dundee Island from the Bay of Whales . VAST TERRITORY CLAIMED FOR U. S. Flying for a thousand miles over majes- tic mountain peaks rising 12,000 feet above sea level and never before seen by human eye , we were ...
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... miles north and south by 300 miles east and west , with a rounded southern end , a total of 77,000 square miles ( map , page 132 ) . I named it " American Highland . " At latitude 72 south I dropped a copper tube , 81⁄2 inches deep by ...
... miles north and south by 300 miles east and west , with a rounded southern end , a total of 77,000 square miles ( map , page 132 ) . I named it " American Highland . " At latitude 72 south I dropped a copper tube , 81⁄2 inches deep by ...
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Solar Systems Eternal Show 10 illustrations in color from paintings by CHARLES | 17 |
Stalking Big Game with Color Camera 28 illustrations in color from natural color photo | 89 |
Man Succeeds in Making Friends with | 273 |
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