The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 57National Geographic Society, 1930 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 131
... region which , for un- counted centuries , has had its own forms of government , of religion and social cus- toms ; yet a region which knows no rail- way , no motor car , no radio , or aught of all that science and invention have given ...
... region which , for un- counted centuries , has had its own forms of government , of religion and social cus- toms ; yet a region which knows no rail- way , no motor car , no radio , or aught of all that science and invention have given ...
Page 175
... region was disappoint- ing . The altitudes were too high to per- mit tree growth . Even the valley floors around the Amnyi Machen reach a height of more than 15,000 feet . Of alpine plants we found many species ; but the flora is not ...
... region was disappoint- ing . The altitudes were too high to per- mit tree growth . Even the valley floors around the Amnyi Machen reach a height of more than 15,000 feet . Of alpine plants we found many species ; but the flora is not ...
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... region . The guidebooks treat it cavalierly - that is to say , they snub it . Since finding it I have made a game of asking tourist agents about it , and haven't yet failed to draw a blank . Singularly , even the Italians there , at the ...
... region . The guidebooks treat it cavalierly - that is to say , they snub it . Since finding it I have made a game of asking tourist agents about it , and haven't yet failed to draw a blank . Singularly , even the Italians there , at the ...
Contents
An Expedition on the ChinaTibet Frontier to | 131 |
Sumatra A Ribbon of Color on the Equator 25 illustrations in color from autochromes | 186 |
Cirenaica | 325 |
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