The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 92National Geographic Society, 1947 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 325
... miles southward from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay , North Amer- ica's great barrier reef of sand extends into the Atlantic . It angles seaward from Cape Henry until at Hatteras it is nearly 30 miles offshore . It varies from a narrow ...
... miles southward from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay , North Amer- ica's great barrier reef of sand extends into the Atlantic . It angles seaward from Cape Henry until at Hatteras it is nearly 30 miles offshore . It varies from a narrow ...
Page 328
... miles to the south . Were it to resume its old place , the shore resort of Virginia Beach might be embarrassed to find itself two miles inland in a dense forest . I saw evidence of its former position in the old stumps and peat beds ...
... miles to the south . Were it to resume its old place , the shore resort of Virginia Beach might be embarrassed to find itself two miles inland in a dense forest . I saw evidence of its former position in the old stumps and peat beds ...
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... miles in area which had been discovered a few days before by Capt . Charles A. Bond near the coast 1,500 miles to the west ( pages 475 , 498 , and 516 , and Plate VIII ) . These dry valleys , at least three of which are nearly ten miles ...
... miles in area which had been discovered a few days before by Capt . Charles A. Bond near the coast 1,500 miles to the west ( pages 475 , 498 , and 516 , and Plate VIII ) . These dry valleys , at least three of which are nearly ten miles ...
Contents
Adventures with the Survey Navy By Irving Johnson 131 | xxi |
Carnival in San Antonio Texas By Mason Sutherland With 19 illustrations in color | xxvii |
Desert River San Juan Through Navajo Land By Alfred M Bailey With 11 illus | xxxiii |
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