The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 53National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... appearance from one in which new wheat is growing . A plowed field is entirely distinct from one covered with sod . All of these things are quickly learned . The Hudson River is seen at the right . The punt in which Colonel Lindbergh ...
... appearance from one in which new wheat is growing . A plowed field is entirely distinct from one covered with sod . All of these things are quickly learned . The Hudson River is seen at the right . The punt in which Colonel Lindbergh ...
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... appeared , from the plane above , to be landing . At such moments as this the air traveler gets a real impression of flashes beneath him . Higher up , the plane seems to be hanging still in the air , although the speed may be just as ...
... appeared , from the plane above , to be landing . At such moments as this the air traveler gets a real impression of flashes beneath him . Higher up , the plane seems to be hanging still in the air , although the speed may be just as ...
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... appeared to be resting upon the ground rather than to be a part of it . We found later they were sandstone towers , eroded to their present shape in centuries of time ( see illustration , page 27 ) . IN CLOSE QUARTERS FLYING THROUGH A ...
... appeared to be resting upon the ground rather than to be a part of it . We found later they were sandstone towers , eroded to their present shape in centuries of time ( see illustration , page 27 ) . IN CLOSE QUARTERS FLYING THROUGH A ...
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... appearance through weathering and erosion . They are one evidence that this part of the country was not glaciated , since the great ice masses scoured away such obstructions . The ranch house , built close up against these rocks , seeks ...
... appearance through weathering and erosion . They are one evidence that this part of the country was not glaciated , since the great ice masses scoured away such obstructions . The ranch house , built close up against these rocks , seeks ...
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... appeared , rather out of breath . " Say , that fellow doesn't need any wings to fly , " he wheezed . " He's an airplane all by himself . " " Shorty " Lynch , Colonel Lindbergh's former flying partner , was the last one to be a victim ...
... appeared , rather out of breath . " Say , that fellow doesn't need any wings to fly , " he wheezed . " He's an airplane all by himself . " " Shorty " Lynch , Colonel Lindbergh's former flying partner , was the last one to be a victim ...
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