The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 51National Geographic Society, 1927 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... 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 coolness of moun- tains meet and join hands in a successful effort to please . 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 coolness of moun- tains meet and join hands in a successful effort to please . The ...
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... island , the sturdy steamer of the White Fleet turns its nose westward , and on past Port Morant and Yallahs Bay , with as fair a palm - studded plain off the starboard rail as you could ever wish to see , guarded in the background by ...
... island , the sturdy steamer of the White Fleet turns its nose westward , and on past Port Morant and Yallahs Bay , with as fair a palm - studded plain off the starboard rail as you could ever wish to see , guarded in the background by ...
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... island has an area about equal to the State of Connecticut , yet no point inland is more than 25 miles from the sea . Its strategic position ( see upper map ) , commanding all trade routes in the West Indies , has given it a fascinating ...
... island has an area about equal to the State of Connecticut , yet no point inland is more than 25 miles from the sea . Its strategic position ( see upper map ) , commanding all trade routes in the West Indies , has given it a fascinating ...
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... Island in session , a tremendous earthquake shook Port Royal " from turret to foundation stone . " In the Council Minutes describ- ing the catastrophe it is reported that “ in the space of two minutes all of the churches , the dwelling ...
... Island in session , a tremendous earthquake shook Port Royal " from turret to foundation stone . " In the Council Minutes describ- ing the catastrophe it is reported that “ in the space of two minutes all of the churches , the dwelling ...
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... island . They are paid by the bunch , not by the hour . A checker on lookout oversees their labor , and when one of the ebon damsels tries to finesse by walking around him into line again with the same bunch , and thus be credited twice ...
... island . They are paid by the bunch , not by the hour . A checker on lookout oversees their labor , and when one of the ebon damsels tries to finesse by walking around him into line again with the same bunch , and thus be credited twice ...
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