The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 53National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 6
... things are quickly learned . presents a different appearance from one in which new wheat is growing . A plowed field is entirely distinct from one covered with sod . All of The punt in which Colonel Lindbergh and Philip Love are. 6.
... things are quickly learned . presents a different appearance from one in which new wheat is growing . A plowed field is entirely distinct from one covered with sod . All of The punt in which Colonel Lindbergh and Philip Love are. 6.
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· From an altitude of 2,000 feet or higher , farming lands present a huge checkerboard appear- ance . Sometimes the units are irregular in shape , but in many places , as in the Middle West , they are extremely uniform . In this picture ...
· From an altitude of 2,000 feet or higher , farming lands present a huge checkerboard appear- ance . Sometimes the units are irregular in shape , but in many places , as in the Middle West , they are extremely uniform . In this picture ...
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... present shape in centuries of time ( see illustration , page 27 ) . IN CLOSE QUARTERS FLYING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS We had some trouble in getting through the clouds that blocked most of the moun- tain passes to the south . At last we ...
... present shape in centuries of time ( see illustration , page 27 ) . IN CLOSE QUARTERS FLYING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN PASS We had some trouble in getting through the clouds that blocked most of the moun- tain passes to the south . At last we ...
Page 38
... present it has one runway 7,000 feet long and 250 feet wide . There is also a square area , part of which is here shown , now ready for use . This is 1,700 by 2,500 feet . The white circle and the name " Oakland " are made permanent by ...
... present it has one runway 7,000 feet long and 250 feet wide . There is also a square area , part of which is here shown , now ready for use . This is 1,700 by 2,500 feet . The white circle and the name " Oakland " are made permanent by ...
Page 44
... present - day engines can keep to regular schedules as success- fully as railroad trains . Some of the facts of the tour bear out this statement . We had no mechanical trouble of any kind . With one exception , we kept to the had ...
... present - day engines can keep to regular schedules as success- fully as railroad trains . Some of the facts of the tour bear out this statement . We had no mechanical trouble of any kind . With one exception , we kept to the had ...
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