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The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - November 1898, by The National Geographic Society

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, November 1898.
It includes the following articles:
  • Sumatra's West Coast, by David G. Fairchild
  • What is the Tide of the Open Atlantic? by Mark S.W. Jefferson
  • The Peak of Itambe
  • Geographic Aspects of the Monroe Doctrine
  • Geographic Literature
  • Miscellanea
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograph91898nati (direct links provided in the Magic Window)

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Post by alanmapstone »

Hi
Can I read sections 3 and 4 as they are both very short?
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Of course! Thank you, Alan :thumbs:
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Oh my, choices choices.... what would I like to read... 1 or 2, 1 or 2....

Okay, let's go for 2 - the tides on the Atlantic please. :D
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MayI claim 5 and 6…

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Thank you, Ava and Betty!
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May I have “Sumatra’s West Coast” please?
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Certainly! I hope you enjoy geography :D
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Thank you, Alan! Section 3 is PL OK!
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Post by alanmapstone »

Section 4

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ngm09_11_04_128kb.mp3
2.40

Differentiating aurally between the different spelling of names was quite tricky, I hope it makes sense :help:
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Thank you, Alan! I think you did great with the names; I can't think of clearer way to pronounce them.
The recording is PL OK! I'll mention noise-reduction as optional in case you meant to do it, only because this one has some slight background noise compared to the previous.
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Rapunzelina wrote: May 11th, 2021, 12:21 pm Thank you, Alan! I think you did great with the names; I can't think of clearer way to pronounce them.
The recording is PL OK! I'll mention noise-reduction as optional in case you meant to do it, only because this one has some slight background noise compared to the previous.
I have noise cleaned this and re-uploaded. No changes so it should not need PLing again.

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ngm09_11_04_128kb.mp3

I usually do one round of light noise cleaning on my files but I may have forgotten this time. I don't tend to hear background noise as my hearing is deteriorating as I get older. :(
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Thank you, Alan! The background noise was not bad at all, but compared to the preceding chapter it was noticeable. Now it's as clean :thumbs:
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Post by Availle »

Here is section 2, with a runtime of 27:34:

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/ngm09_11_02_128kb.mp3

Not quite what I expected. I guess we have different ideas of what "Open Atlantic" really means. :lol:
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