The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 112National Geographic Society, 1957 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Mountains of the Moon . Their very name , their legendary history , their rugged grandeur , and immense altitude , and , above all , their amazing illusiveness , present a fascinating subject for exploration . " The importance of these ...
... Mountains of the Moon . Their very name , their legendary history , their rugged grandeur , and immense altitude , and , above all , their amazing illusiveness , present a fascinating subject for exploration . " The importance of these ...
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... Mountains of the Moon from which the lakes of the Nile receive snow water ... " Thus he mixed fable - that the moon once touched the summits and turned them to sil- ver - with fact - that these mountains nourish headwaters of the Nile ...
... Mountains of the Moon from which the lakes of the Nile receive snow water ... " Thus he mixed fable - that the moon once touched the summits and turned them to sil- ver - with fact - that these mountains nourish headwaters of the Nile ...
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... mountains - now offers a third choice : the desert . Seashore ? The desert's own Salton Sea offers water as briny as the ocean's . Mountains ? They en- close the high Mojave Desert to the north and the low Colorado Desert to the south ...
... mountains - now offers a third choice : the desert . Seashore ? The desert's own Salton Sea offers water as briny as the ocean's . Mountains ? They en- close the high Mojave Desert to the north and the low Colorado Desert to the south ...
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Flight to Adventure Flying Their Own Singleengine Plane a Daring | v |
To the Men at South Pole Station By Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd | 1 |
Fledgling Wings of the Air Force By Thomas W McKnew | 266 |
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