Works, Volume 93Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 92
... signs of the circumstances of its production , a last - minute attempt to compete with Churchill . It is at least to the credit of the promoters that they furnished the volumes with numerous maps . Volume I contains a double sheet map ...
... signs of the circumstances of its production , a last - minute attempt to compete with Churchill . It is at least to the credit of the promoters that they furnished the volumes with numerous maps . Volume I contains a double sheet map ...
Page 120
... signs of a continent , the principal being the numerous islands and the presence of ice - the more ice we find at sea the more land we expect to discover ' . Despite this gigantic con- ception , and it is perhaps noteworthy that no ...
... signs of a continent , the principal being the numerous islands and the presence of ice - the more ice we find at sea the more land we expect to discover ' . Despite this gigantic con- ception , and it is perhaps noteworthy that no ...
Page 170
... signs of a growing interest in our work , promising steadily increasing support . The Society thus starts upon its new century of endeavour under good omens , and I for one am confident that its volumes , in their familiar livery of ...
... signs of a growing interest in our work , promising steadily increasing support . The Society thus starts upon its new century of endeavour under good omens , and I for one am confident that its volumes , in their familiar livery of ...
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