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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... Canals There are two kinds of canals , those for ocean - going traffic and those for internal communications . The two chief sea - canals serve Amsterdam , which lies on an arm of the Zuider Zee . They are the North Canal and the North ...
... Canals There are two kinds of canals , those for ocean - going traffic and those for internal communications . The two chief sea - canals serve Amsterdam , which lies on an arm of the Zuider Zee . They are the North Canal and the North ...
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... canal , and goods are frequently taken up to the very doors of the warehouse by waterway , and lifted directly into the store - rooms . The canals of Holland may be said to reproduce two of the characteristics of Venice - her silence ...
... canal , and goods are frequently taken up to the very doors of the warehouse by waterway , and lifted directly into the store - rooms . The canals of Holland may be said to reproduce two of the characteristics of Venice - her silence ...
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... canals , inland seas and meres , but the towns , large and small alike , have a beauty of their own . The towns of Holland have lived through many centuries , and bear the marks of their experience and their wisdom on their brows . The ...
... canals , inland seas and meres , but the towns , large and small alike , have a beauty of their own . The towns of Holland have lived through many centuries , and bear the marks of their experience and their wisdom on their brows . The ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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