The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 1Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... North Canal and the North Sea Canal . The former begins with a great lock called Willemsluis , and traverses the province of North Holland from south to north . It is forty- seven miles long , and was built between 1819 and 1825 , at a ...
... North Canal and the North Sea Canal . The former begins with a great lock called Willemsluis , and traverses the province of North Holland from south to north . It is forty- seven miles long , and was built between 1819 and 1825 , at a ...
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... North African highlands com- prising the Atlas and Anti - Atlas Mountains , the long coast range between the Rif country of Morocco and the north of Tunisia , and the Jebel Aures range stretching right across inner Algeria . Except ...
... North African highlands com- prising the Atlas and Anti - Atlas Mountains , the long coast range between the Rif country of Morocco and the north of Tunisia , and the Jebel Aures range stretching right across inner Algeria . Except ...
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... North Africa with Man we know from the pictures of them scratched on smooth rock surfaces . Man seems to have been the main exterminator of this wonderful Zoological Gardens , but he was aided by the advance of the Desert to the south ...
... North Africa with Man we know from the pictures of them scratched on smooth rock surfaces . Man seems to have been the main exterminator of this wonderful Zoological Gardens , but he was aided by the advance of the Desert to the south ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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Abbey Algeria amid ancient arches attracted beautiful béguinage bridge British Bruges buildings built canals capital carved Castle Cathedral centre century charm chief church coast colour crowds dance Donald McLeish Dutch England English Europe famous feet fish Flemish flowers forests France French galleries gardens Ghent Hall harbour hills Holland Holy houses huge hundred India island Italian Italy Kairwan King known lake land live London lovely magnificent mediæval modern Moorish Moors Morocco mountains Naples natives night North palace Paris peasants Photo Photochrom picturesque population province Pyrenees quaint railway remains river rock Roman Rome round ruins saints scene scenery Seville sorts South Spain Spanish sport square miles stands stone strange streets Swiss thousand tion to-day tomb tourists towers town trees Tunis Tunisia valleys vast Venice village W. H. Smith walls wild women wonderful woods Zuider Zee