The National Geographic Magazine, Volumes 76-77National Geographic Society, 1940 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... built by Nor- wegian soldiers in 1684 . Exactly why Christian V of Denmark began fortification at that time on a rock where nothing but the skull and crossbones had fluttered to the breeze for centuries is a mystery , though it is ...
... built by Nor- wegian soldiers in 1684 . Exactly why Christian V of Denmark began fortification at that time on a rock where nothing but the skull and crossbones had fluttered to the breeze for centuries is a mystery , though it is ...
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... built , one of which set a world's speed record of 407 miles per hour , a mark since surpassed by Italy . The first non - stop transatlantic flight in 1919 was in a South- ampton - built Vickers - Vimy plane , as was also the plane ...
... built , one of which set a world's speed record of 407 miles per hour , a mark since surpassed by Italy . The first non - stop transatlantic flight in 1919 was in a South- ampton - built Vickers - Vimy plane , as was also the plane ...
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... built transport plane northward at three and a half miles a minute . Venice was little more than an hour ahead , and Rome less than half as far behind . Clouds below us sometimes hid the Tiber . " That lake to the left is Trasimeno ...
... built transport plane northward at three and a half miles a minute . Venice was little more than an hour ahead , and Rome less than half as far behind . Clouds below us sometimes hid the Tiber . " That lake to the left is Trasimeno ...
Contents
Italys Monuments Tell Romes Magnificence 8 illustrations from photographs 7 illus | 371 |
Map Links Classic World with 1940 Text accompanying special map supplement in colors 338 | 395 |
Nations Capital by Night 16 illustrations from photographs by VOLKMAR WENTZEL | 514 |
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