The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 79National Geographic Society, 1941 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 248
... boat was placed in the tomb , but in the northern lands of Europe an actual boat was buried . In it the dead person was placed with all the equipment for maintaining full dignity and well - being in the other world , beyond the western ...
... boat was placed in the tomb , but in the northern lands of Europe an actual boat was buried . In it the dead person was placed with all the equipment for maintaining full dignity and well - being in the other world , beyond the western ...
Page 266
... boat was the small number of pieces of wood used in build- ing the hull , for each strake , of which there are six on a side , is a single oak plank . When the length of the boat is recalled , the skill re- quired to adze out these huge ...
... boat was the small number of pieces of wood used in build- ing the hull , for each strake , of which there are six on a side , is a single oak plank . When the length of the boat is recalled , the skill re- quired to adze out these huge ...
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... boat was steered by a large oar over the star- board side at the stern . Although in many ways a triumph of tech- nical skill , these boats must have carried about a ton of ballast apiece to be at all stable , and they cannot have been ...
... boat was steered by a large oar over the star- board side at the stern . Although in many ways a triumph of tech- nical skill , these boats must have carried about a ton of ballast apiece to be at all stable , and they cannot have been ...
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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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