The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 51National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... century progress in the building of suitable , if small , hotels throughout the island , it would become one of the world's finest and most populous midwinter play- grounds , where the charm of the Tropics and the health - giving ...
... century progress in the building of suitable , if small , hotels throughout the island , it would become one of the world's finest and most populous midwinter play- grounds , where the charm of the Tropics and the health - giving ...
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Photograph by Jacob Gayer AS THE JAMAICAN HOUSEWIFE BAKED A CENTURY AGO Customs do not change greatly among the humble people of the island ; thus they bake their bread and cakes to - day as of old . ankle and now and then a nose jewel ...
Photograph by Jacob Gayer AS THE JAMAICAN HOUSEWIFE BAKED A CENTURY AGO Customs do not change greatly among the humble people of the island ; thus they bake their bread and cakes to - day as of old . ankle and now and then a nose jewel ...
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... century ago , one of the richest sugar estates in Jamaica . The Hall , which has a most interesting history all its own , was once considered the finest home in the island , but it is now crumbling into decay ; yet the floors and trim ...
... century ago , one of the richest sugar estates in Jamaica . The Hall , which has a most interesting history all its own , was once considered the finest home in the island , but it is now crumbling into decay ; yet the floors and trim ...
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The old bronze church bell , dating from the sixteenth century , is one of the few remaining relics of the Spanish occupation which ended in 1655. It is safeguarded in the Institute of Jamaica at Kingston . Photograph by Jacob Gayer ...
The old bronze church bell , dating from the sixteenth century , is one of the few remaining relics of the Spanish occupation which ended in 1655. It is safeguarded in the Institute of Jamaica at Kingston . Photograph by Jacob Gayer ...
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... centuries ago , declared that " one gets no more credit for keeping a coach and six there than for keeping a horse in England , it is so common , " and descriptions of the life of the rich planters , even as late as 1850 , are filled ...
... centuries ago , declared that " one gets no more credit for keeping a coach and six there than for keeping a horse in England , it is so common , " and descriptions of the life of the rich planters , even as late as 1850 , are filled ...
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