The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 57National Geographic Society, 1930 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 165
... climbed a peak to the right of the pass , to an eleva- tion of 13,220 feet , from which we gained a much better view of the Amnyi Machen . To the north its peaks decrease in height more rapidly than to the south , the whole range ...
... climbed a peak to the right of the pass , to an eleva- tion of 13,220 feet , from which we gained a much better view of the Amnyi Machen . To the north its peaks decrease in height more rapidly than to the south , the whole range ...
Page 261
... climbed , secrets wrested from Nature , all by weary months of plodding over the earth's surface . In this age earth and water unroll like a reel below , a reel which can stretch a thousand miles in a day , over peaks so high that they ...
... climbed , secrets wrested from Nature , all by weary months of plodding over the earth's surface . In this age earth and water unroll like a reel below , a reel which can stretch a thousand miles in a day , over peaks so high that they ...
Page 277
... climbed into his car - home for breakfast ; not much fuss about getting away in an airplane . Mendoza was al- ready dropping out of sight below . The plane went steadily upward , at first over cultivated fields , getting farther and ...
... climbed into his car - home for breakfast ; not much fuss about getting away in an airplane . Mendoza was al- ready dropping out of sight below . The plane went steadily upward , at first over cultivated fields , getting farther and ...
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Sumatra A Ribbon of Color on the Equator 25 illustrations in color from autochromes | 186 |
Choni Winters | 203 |
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