The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 181National Geographic Society., 1992 - Geography |
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Page 33
... thing I would ever hold in my hands : the Historia rerum ubique ges- tarum , or History of All Things and All Deeds , by Aeneas Sylvius ( later Pope Pius II ) , printed in Venice in 1477. Christopher Columbus had cherished this book and ...
... thing I would ever hold in my hands : the Historia rerum ubique ges- tarum , or History of All Things and All Deeds , by Aeneas Sylvius ( later Pope Pius II ) , printed in Venice in 1477. Christopher Columbus had cherished this book and ...
Page 31
... things are get- ting better tend to be received with derision . " It used to be that when you wanted to mail a parcel ... thing , " he adds quickly , holding up a cautionary finger , " is that we will catch up . Of that I have no doubt ...
... things are get- ting better tend to be received with derision . " It used to be that when you wanted to mail a parcel ... thing , " he adds quickly , holding up a cautionary finger , " is that we will catch up . Of that I have no doubt ...
Page 49
... thing about the Okefenokee is that people have been retreating here for so much of its history . The swamp is not in fact primordial but in the geologic scheme of things practically newborn . According to current thought , the ...
... thing about the Okefenokee is that people have been retreating here for so much of its history . The swamp is not in fact primordial but in the geologic scheme of things practically newborn . According to current thought , the ...
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