The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 80
... feet above the broad green plains of the interior , can be appreciated . The morning of July 12 dawned glori- ously clear except for a few low cloud banks to the southwestward at an altitude of between six and eight thousand feet . We ...
... feet above the broad green plains of the interior , can be appreciated . The morning of July 12 dawned glori- ously clear except for a few low cloud banks to the southwestward at an altitude of between six and eight thousand feet . We ...
Page 97
... feet a minute , on a course bearing exactly toward Mount McKinley , which lay far ahead , completely hidden behind banks of black clouds . Fifteen minutes after the take - off , the scattered overcast above us had rapidly consolidated ...
... feet a minute , on a course bearing exactly toward Mount McKinley , which lay far ahead , completely hidden behind banks of black clouds . Fifteen minutes after the take - off , the scattered overcast above us had rapidly consolidated ...
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... feet long and 43 feet deep ; there are 16 monolith columns each 41 feet high . The diameter of the interior rotunda is 142 feet , crowned by an enor- mous dome of equal height . The pavement of granite and porphyry is particularly ...
... feet long and 43 feet deep ; there are 16 monolith columns each 41 feet high . The diameter of the interior rotunda is 142 feet , crowned by an enor- mous dome of equal height . The pavement of granite and porphyry is particularly ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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