The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 78
... half a million people crowd the island's 716 square miles . Not that this rugged volcanic outcrop , 40 miles long by 27 miles wide at its broadest , is not fertile . But its sprawling fields and great plantations grow one main crop ...
... half a million people crowd the island's 716 square miles . Not that this rugged volcanic outcrop , 40 miles long by 27 miles wide at its broadest , is not fertile . But its sprawling fields and great plantations grow one main crop ...
Page 238
... half - dozen State capitals . War revealed to what a dangerous degree Australia relied on imports for tools to work with or materials to fight with ; manufactur- ing industries had for a long time taken a secondary role in this ...
... half - dozen State capitals . War revealed to what a dangerous degree Australia relied on imports for tools to work with or materials to fight with ; manufactur- ing industries had for a long time taken a secondary role in this ...
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... half of our atmosphere . One unsolved puzzle , for example , concerns a tremendous , invisible tug of war that goes on endlessly , high in the sky . The average temperature difference between the hot tropics and the cold poles ...
... half of our atmosphere . One unsolved puzzle , for example , concerns a tremendous , invisible tug of war that goes on endlessly , high in the sky . The average temperature difference between the hot tropics and the cold poles ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
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