The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 79National Geographic Society, 1941 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 339
... Ocean survey . This included the sounding of coral lagoons in the islands to determine their suitability for flying boats , and the collection of information likely to be of value in the establishment of air bases . We took off from ...
... Ocean survey . This included the sounding of coral lagoons in the islands to determine their suitability for flying boats , and the collection of information likely to be of value in the establishment of air bases . We took off from ...
Page 345
... Ocean Spot Here appear the earth's highest mountain and its deepest ocean hole . Off the Philip- pines in the Pacific lies Mindanao Deep , where the world's record sounding of 35,400 feet , or about 6.7 miles , has been taken , while ...
... Ocean Spot Here appear the earth's highest mountain and its deepest ocean hole . Off the Philip- pines in the Pacific lies Mindanao Deep , where the world's record sounding of 35,400 feet , or about 6.7 miles , has been taken , while ...
Page 346
... Ocean . The detour is 4,422 nautical miles farther to Bom- bay than the Suez short cut . In the present war German raiders have been reported in the Indian Ocean , where they operated in the first World War until British and Australian ...
... Ocean . The detour is 4,422 nautical miles farther to Bom- bay than the Suez short cut . In the present war German raiders have been reported in the Indian Ocean , where they operated in the first World War until British and Australian ...
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Classic Greece Merges Into 1941 News 19 illustrations from photographs 15 illustrations | 93 |
Foremost Fiber of the World By J R HILDEBRAND | 137 |
Echoes from Yugoslavia 16 illustrations from photographs 793 | 152 |
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