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Despite the boundary-pushing visual content, the society has generally avoided political controversy or speaking critically of its subjects. Consequently, the society has been criticized as presenting a rose-colored view of the world. Membership revenue has enabled funding for more than 9, grants for research and exploration. Some notable projects it has sponsored include Robert Peary 's expedition to the North Pole, Hiram Bingham 's excavation of the ancient Incan city Machu Picchu, Jacques-Yves Cousteau 's underwater exploration, Louis and Mary Leakey's research on the history of human evolution in Africa, and Diane Fossey's and Jane Goodall 's respective studies of gorillas and chimpanzees.
Along the way, the society opened up a vast world to armchair travelers. The society has documented exploration deep undersea and in outer space, and discovery of ancient civilizations and remote cultural frontiers.
And at the turn of the millennium, the society began to increase awareness of environmental literacy and conservation.
The society has branched into several other magazines, but its yellow-bordered flagship publication remains most successful. It's published in 32 languages and sent to 8 million subscribers worldwide.
Navy's Hydrographic Office. His account of the Great Storm provides the liveliest narrative found in the issue:. One of National Geographic's " least-known " founding members, Ogden worked for the U.
Coast and Geodetic Survey, the predecessor to today's National Geodetic Survey , which maintains a system of coordinates defining the territory of the United States.
Ogden's article summarizes the history of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, which he obviously held in extremely high esteem, concluding that "when history shall record its awards to our people, there will be no page of the galaxy with more honor than that which bears tribute to the genius of American Science [sic], in the work of the Coast Survey.
Founding member and future Society president Henry Gannett has been characterized as a "man of reports" and "a literary trip-hammer" whose "writings lacked Considered the father of topographic mapping, Gannett's article on the process of topographically mapping the state of Massachusetts is certainly the product of a man of reports. All rights reserved. Share Tweet Email. Why it's so hard to treat pain in infants. This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city Caracals have learned to hunt around the urban edges of Cape Town, though the predator faces many threats, such as getting hit by cars.
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