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03/09/2024
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Things Seen in Venice

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Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art. Most European cities have changed so much that a 1920 guidebook would be of little practical use, but not so Venice. Lonsdale and Laura Ragg were residents of the city – where Lonsdale was chaplain of St. George’s English church from 1905 to 1909 – and they knew it well. Their guide brings its buildings and canals, its campi and its hidden campielli, to life in a surprisingly contemporary way. Try listening to Chapter 2 as your vaporetto chugs along the Grand Canal from the railway station to the Rialto bridge, only slightly faster than it would have done a hundred years ago! ( Phil Benson) Summary by Phil Benson     [chương_files]  

03/09/2024
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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 – 04. April 1897

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles: A Summer Voyage to the Arctic, by G. R. Putnam The Area and Drainage Basin of Lake Superior, by Mark W. Harrington The Siberian Transcontinental Railroad, by Gen. A. W. Greely Geographic Literature and Serials     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 – 02. February 1897

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles: Crater Lake, Oregon, by J. S. Diller The Utilization of the Vacant Public Lands, by Emory F. Best The Mazamas, by J. S. Diller Geographic Literature, Serials and Miscellanea The National Geographic Society: Supplementary synopsis of a course of lectures on the effects of geographic environment in developing the civilization of the world     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 – 07. July 1896

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles: * The Work of the United States Board on Geographic Names, by Henry Gannett * The Seine, the Meuse, and the Moselle, part II, by William M. Davis * A Journey in Ecuador, by Mark B. Kerr, C. E. * The Aberration of Sound as Illustrated by the Berkeley Powder Explosion, by Robert H. Chapman * Mineral Production in the United States along with Geographic Notes and Miscellanea.     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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Things Seen in Florence

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One of the largest and wealthiest cities of medieval Europe, the home of Dante and Giotto has long been a magnet for lovers of art, architecture and history. In this short guide, Elizabeth Wilson Grierson shares her passion for the city, taking the visitor on an informative tour of its major sights as well as some of its hidden corners. – Summary by Phil Benson     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk

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The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain’s third largest inland waterway system – a system that evolved gradually by natural flooding as a consequence of extensive peat digging during mediaeval times in this vast low-lying area. The Broads (or lakes) and rivers were used for centuries to transport goods and passengers between various inland locations and the coastal ports of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. During the nineteenth century, the area started to become popular as a boating holiday destination. This book, first published in 1887, records the events of the author’s holiday on the Broads aboard his own eight ton cutter – The Buttercup. The author, along with a friend (named variously, Jack or John) and his ’man’, George sail the yacht to various places of interest around the Broads. With the help of an experienced sea captain, the group leave the Broads for a day and sail the Buttercup down the Suffolk coast past Southwold and through Sole Bay to see the remains of the ancient capitol of East Anglia at Dunwich. So, if the thought of being out on the water, sailing and discovering all sorts of interesting places is something that ‘rocks your boat’ then please join me if you will, on another auditory cruise around these unique waterways through expansive landscapes under wide open skies. – Summary by TND     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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Sea and Sardinia

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A travel book describing a journey taken by Lawrence and his wife Frieda (whom he refers to as the Queen Bee) by sea from Sicily to Sardinia and then in the interior of that island ( Anthony Ogus)     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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Three Days On The Ohio River

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This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time and almost a different United States. The author was well-known in his time and wrote prolifically. – Summary by david wales     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 – 06. June 1897

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles: The Effects of Geographic Environment in the Development of Civilization in Primitive Man, by Gardiner G. Hubbard The National Forest Reserves, by Frederick H. Newell George W. Melville Geographic Serials     [chương_files]  

02/09/2024
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National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 – 09. September 1896

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number. It includes the following articles: * The Recent Earthquake Wave on the Coast of Japan, by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore * The Return of Dr Nansen * Descriptive Topographic Terms of Spanish America, by Robert T. Hill * The Weather Bureau River and Flood System, by Willis L. Moore * Charles Francis Hall and Jones Sound * Mineral Productions in the United States * Reports of Sealing Schooners from Tuscarora Deep, by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore * Geographic Notes * The American Association at Buffalo * The Death of G. Brown Goode     [chương_files]