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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Page 124
... built on Piles The whole of the city is built on piles , some of them from fifty to eighty feet long , and the Palace on the Dam stands on no less than 14,000 piles . These were driven into the shifting loam and sand of the original ...
... built on Piles The whole of the city is built on piles , some of them from fifty to eighty feet long , and the Palace on the Dam stands on no less than 14,000 piles . These were driven into the shifting loam and sand of the original ...
Page 254
... Built in the thirteenth century to replace one built by the Moors on the site of one even older . The Hospital of Santa Cruz in the background , now an Infantry College , was built in 1494 in the shape of a Maltese Cross , and is ...
... Built in the thirteenth century to replace one built by the Moors on the site of one even older . The Hospital of Santa Cruz in the background , now an Infantry College , was built in 1494 in the shape of a Maltese Cross , and is ...
Page 343
... built about A.D. 43 , as we may gather from a long series of Roman coins discovered in the river- bed , and the Roman city began at what is now the Mansion House . The entire area , probably not greater than Hyde Park , contained a ...
... built about A.D. 43 , as we may gather from a long series of Roman coins discovered in the river- bed , and the Roman city began at what is now the Mansion House . The entire area , probably not greater than Hyde Park , contained a ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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