The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture, 1. köideMichael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke Hanson-Roach-Fowler Company, 1917 |
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... Africa . It has a pig - like snout , a long and flex- ible tongue covered with sticky saliva , large pointed ears ... African flesh - eating ABYSSINIA The Average Native Dwelling 2 L A 7 4. 1 THE WORLD BOK ...
... Africa . It has a pig - like snout , a long and flex- ible tongue covered with sticky saliva , large pointed ears ... African flesh - eating ABYSSINIA The Average Native Dwelling 2 L A 7 4. 1 THE WORLD BOK ...
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... Africa , near the coast of Guinea . The town is surrounded by a mud wall and a trench which encloses a large tract of land , most of which is under cultivation . An important trade in ivory , gold and palm oil is carried on . It was at ...
... Africa , near the coast of Guinea . The town is surrounded by a mud wall and a trench which encloses a large tract of land , most of which is under cultivation . An important trade in ivory , gold and palm oil is carried on . It was at ...
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... Africa , and in 1909 led a mountain - climbing expedition to the Hima- layas , where he established a new record for altitude by reaching the top of Mount Austen , 24,600 feet above sea - level . The records of these explorations he has ...
... Africa , and in 1909 led a mountain - climbing expedition to the Hima- layas , where he established a new record for altitude by reaching the top of Mount Austen , 24,600 feet above sea - level . The records of these explorations he has ...
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... Lord Byron , the poet , accomplished this feat once in emulation of the ancient hero . Near Abydos , too , Xerxes and his army in 480 B. c . crossed to Europe . EGYPT L BRITISH Red Sea ERYTHREA EAST A AFRICA ARABIA. ABT ABYDOS 13.
... Lord Byron , the poet , accomplished this feat once in emulation of the ancient hero . Near Abydos , too , Xerxes and his army in 480 B. c . crossed to Europe . EGYPT L BRITISH Red Sea ERYTHREA EAST A AFRICA ARABIA. ABT ABYDOS 13.
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... AFRICA ARABIA French Somal Coast Gulf of Aden SOMALILAND BRITISH sinia is a series of high plateaus from 4,500 to 10,000 feet above sea level , so only the valleys are hot , and they are , indeed , very warm . The rainfall is more than ...
... AFRICA ARABIA French Somal Coast Gulf of Aden SOMALILAND BRITISH sinia is a series of high plateaus from 4,500 to 10,000 feet above sea level , so only the valleys are hot , and they are , indeed , very warm . The rainfall is more than ...
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