The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 573
... known as the Devil's Peak and Lion's Head , guarded behind by the Twelve Apostles , while the Hottentot Mountains in the distant north - east complete the semicircle of the coast . The magnificent curves of the bay , the town and its ...
... known as the Devil's Peak and Lion's Head , guarded behind by the Twelve Apostles , while the Hottentot Mountains in the distant north - east complete the semicircle of the coast . The magnificent curves of the bay , the town and its ...
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... known as Suomi or Suomen Tasavalta , an intervening State between Russia and Sweden , is situated on the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia , and has an area of 132,500 square miles with 30,000 islands on the coast and over 16,000 square ...
... known as Suomi or Suomen Tasavalta , an intervening State between Russia and Sweden , is situated on the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia , and has an area of 132,500 square miles with 30,000 islands on the coast and over 16,000 square ...
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... known as the Skupshtina elected by everybody who pays fifteen dinars ( nominally twelve shillings ) a year in taxation . The Bosnians and Croatians among the new subjects of Yugo - Slavia cherish aspirations for Home Rule and have not ...
... known as the Skupshtina elected by everybody who pays fifteen dinars ( nominally twelve shillings ) a year in taxation . The Bosnians and Croatians among the new subjects of Yugo - Slavia cherish aspirations for Home Rule and have not ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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