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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... wonderful cathedral - A fine climate - The sacred mountain - A remarkable festival- Quaint Gerona - A strange salt mine - Tarragona , an old Phoenician town - The Story of Poblet- " The brightest pearl " of Valencia - The Tribunal of ...
... wonderful cathedral - A fine climate - The sacred mountain - A remarkable festival- Quaint Gerona - A strange salt mine - Tarragona , an old Phoenician town - The Story of Poblet- " The brightest pearl " of Valencia - The Tribunal of ...
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... wonderful glaciers in the neighbourhood , one of them mentioned in charters of the thirteenth century but not explored until the beginning of the nineteenth . Grindelwald $ 4 To reach Grindelwald we part company with the comforts of ...
... wonderful glaciers in the neighbourhood , one of them mentioned in charters of the thirteenth century but not explored until the beginning of the nineteenth . Grindelwald $ 4 To reach Grindelwald we part company with the comforts of ...
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... wonderful fauna shared prehistoric 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 ...
... wonderful fauna shared prehistoric 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 ...
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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