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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... rock with a cavern formed by the quarrying of millstones with a pillar of rock sup- porting the roof . Vianden is by far the most picturesque of the towns . The Castle has an interesting double chapel with ten angles built at the ...
... rock with a cavern formed by the quarrying of millstones with a pillar of rock sup- porting the roof . Vianden is by far the most picturesque of the towns . The Castle has an interesting double chapel with ten angles built at the ...
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... rock and harbour at the entrance to the Mediter- ranean , Gibraltar has an area of 134 square miles and a civil population of 16,200 ( mainly Roman Catholic ) . It was not taken very seriously until the year 1704 , when Admiral Rooke ...
... rock and harbour at the entrance to the Mediter- ranean , Gibraltar has an area of 134 square miles and a civil population of 16,200 ( mainly Roman Catholic ) . It was not taken very seriously until the year 1704 , when Admiral Rooke ...
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... rock in every direction , as in the hive of some colony of mammoth insects . Gibraltar is a Crown Colony administrated by a Governor , who is also Commander - in - Chief , and is assisted by an Executive Council . To this day it remains ...
... rock in every direction , as in the hive of some colony of mammoth insects . Gibraltar is a Crown Colony administrated by a Governor , who is also Commander - in - Chief , and is assisted by an Executive Council . To this day it remains ...
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FRANCE | 9 |
The land and the peopleA rich variety of sceneryThe | 24 |
BELGIUM | 65 |
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