The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 102
... MILES 160 1000 Taiwan 20 To Hong Kong 759 miles Manila 1589 miles PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Tropic of Cancer 1182 miles Kure .. Midway Islands To Alameda , Calif . 1304 miles HAWAIIAN PACIFIC OCEAN MARIANAS ISLANDS . --- 1508 miles ROUTE OF ...
... MILES 160 1000 Taiwan 20 To Hong Kong 759 miles Manila 1589 miles PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Tropic of Cancer 1182 miles Kure .. Midway Islands To Alameda , Calif . 1304 miles HAWAIIAN PACIFIC OCEAN MARIANAS ISLANDS . --- 1508 miles ROUTE OF ...
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... MILES WITHOUT MOTORS Today the flights of many such auda- cious soarers have so increased knowledge of the air and its currents that sailplanes , as high - performance gliders are known , have been flown several hundred miles and others ...
... MILES WITHOUT MOTORS Today the flights of many such auda- cious soarers have so increased knowledge of the air and its currents that sailplanes , as high - performance gliders are known , have been flown several hundred miles and others ...
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... MILES 12 ° 20 ' 12 10 Drawn by Newman Bumstead ALMOST MIDWAY BETWEEN AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA LIES " LONELY ISLAND " The isolated group of five volcanic islands , known as Tristan da Cunha , juts out of the South Atlantic 1,730 miles ...
... MILES 12 ° 20 ' 12 10 Drawn by Newman Bumstead ALMOST MIDWAY BETWEEN AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA LIES " LONELY ISLAND " The isolated group of five volcanic islands , known as Tristan da Cunha , juts out of the South Atlantic 1,730 miles ...
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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