Word: jura
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inland by boat from Rotterdam, climb the Rhine, get into the Danube and debouch upon the Black Sea? The key link is the Ludwig Canal, begun by Charlemagne 1,200 years ago. With 101 locks in 107 miles it climbs out of Bavaria through the clouds of the Frankischer Jura mountains and deposits you in Austria. . The German Consulate at London had never heard of it Dutchmen were dubious about its continued existence. But Skipper Farson's faith was great. With a crew of one (his wife) and high credentials from the Chicago Daily News he braved the uncertainty...
...Jura answers through her misty shroud
Professor Emmanuel de Margerie will deliver the third of his lectures on "The Topography, Cartography and Structural Geology of France" in the Geological Lecture Room at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. The subject of the lecture will be the "Jura Mountains". Professor de Margerie will describe the methods by which the topography of this difficult mountainous terrain was cartographed and projected upon the official state maps...