The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 52National Geographic Society, 1928 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... plane American Museum of Natural History ...... 5 , 105 124 , 375 , 405 American Naval Mission : Brazil .. American Red Cross : Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. By Frederick Simpich .. American Saturnids ( moths ) . Americans : France ...
... plane American Museum of Natural History ...... 5 , 105 124 , 375 , 405 American Naval Mission : Brazil .. American Red Cross : Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. By Frederick Simpich .. American Saturnids ( moths ) . Americans : France ...
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... of U. S. Army Air- planes 452 ..396 , 401 , 403 ill . 403 Latin campaniles : Jerusalem .. Latin Church : Jerusalem .. . ( text ) 647 673 Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .. Page 682 Limestone , S. INDEX FOR VOLUME LII , 1927 XXI.
... of U. S. Army Air- planes 452 ..396 , 401 , 403 ill . 403 Latin campaniles : Jerusalem .. Latin Church : Jerusalem .. . ( text ) 647 673 Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem .. Page 682 Limestone , S. INDEX FOR VOLUME LII , 1927 XXI.
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... plane PATHFINDER OF THE EAST : SETTING SAIL ΤΟ FIND " CHRISTIANS AND SPICES , " VASCO DA GAMA MET AMAZ- ING ADVENTURES , FOUNDED AN EM- PIRE AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE . BY J. R. HILDE- BRAND 350 503 .ill . 622 Paths ...
... plane PATHFINDER OF THE EAST : SETTING SAIL ΤΟ FIND " CHRISTIANS AND SPICES , " VASCO DA GAMA MET AMAZ- ING ADVENTURES , FOUNDED AN EM- PIRE AND CHANGED THE HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE . BY J. R. HILDE- BRAND 350 503 .ill . 622 Paths ...
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... plane , ( Réné ) Fonck flew a . 589 597 350 Silica , Radiolarians ' skeletons composed of 290 , ill . 300 Silk , Caterpillars that spin .. ..... 93 , 95 , Silk , Clothes - moth larvæ that spin .. Silk industry : China ... Silk , medium ...
... plane , ( Réné ) Fonck flew a . 589 597 350 Silica , Radiolarians ' skeletons composed of 290 , ill . 300 Silk , Caterpillars that spin .. ..... 93 , 95 , Silk , Clothes - moth larvæ that spin .. Silk industry : China ... Silk , medium ...
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... plane trees , and yonder spear - straight pines or somber walls of cypress " ( see text , page 148 ) . Often ranks of the different species parallel each other in a multiplied depth of sylvan shelter for barge traffic . ASKING THE WAY ...
... plane trees , and yonder spear - straight pines or somber walls of cypress " ( see text , page 148 ) . Often ranks of the different species parallel each other in a multiplied depth of sylvan shelter for barge traffic . ASKING THE WAY ...
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Page 93 - So naturalists observe a flea Hath smaller fleas, that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum. THE
Page 527 - Vasco da Gama, a gentleman of your household, came to my country, whereat I was pleased. My country is rich in cinnamon, cloves, ginger, pepper, and precious stones. That which I ask you in exchange is gold, silver, corals, and scarlet cloth.
Page 557 - They threw holy water over us and gave us some white earth, which the Christians of this country are in the habit of putting on their foreheads, breasts, around the neck, and on the forearms.
Page 652 - to . . . feel the need and hitches of our life more nearly; to come down off this feather bed of civilization and find the globe granite underfoot and
Page 303 - future flood disasters in the lower Mississippi is the adequate widening and raising of the levees on the main river and its backwater tributaries and the extensions of bank protection, with the possibility of special treatment in special situations in the lower valley.
Page 299 - the disasters accruing from an insufficient flood protection of the valley of the Mississippi are not local in effect, but react on the producers, consumers, manufacturers, distributors, and investors in all parts of the country.
Page 559 - one hundredweight of unwrought branch coral, and as much of vermilion, and a barrel of quicksilver, fifty pigs of copper, twenty strings of large cut coral, and as many of amber, and five
Page 527 - When this news reached Venice the whole city felt it greatly and remained stupefied, and the wisest held it as the worst news that had ever arrived.
Page 541 - laden with gold, silver, cloves, pepper, ginger, and silver rings, as also with quantities of pearls, jewels, and rubies.
Page 91 - the polecats of the insect world. Even in the cocoons of some moths and the chrysalis cases of some butterflies, protective devices are employed. The Southern Live-oak Moth has a cocoon that very closely resembles a live-oak terminal bud, especially as both twigs and cocoons are covered with small bits of lichen.