Unlocking Secrets of the Unknown With National Geographic
By Unknown Author.
Description
"For the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." The familiar phrase, the founding mission statement of the National Geographic Society, appears each month on the masthead of its magazine. But increasing and diffusing knowledge costs money, and for more than a hundred years the funds that have supported the research and exploration arm of the Society have come chiefly from the dues of its members."Millionaire and college professor, captain of industry and clerk," in the phrase of early Society President Gilbert H. Grosvenor, have had "an equal share" i...
ISBN(s)
0870449087, 9780870449086
