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National Geographic May 1938

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Four Thousand Hours Over China
Through fog, hail, and bullets, a pilot describes four years of adventurous flights over China’s temples, peaks, and vast plains.
Singapore: Far East Gibraltar in the Malay Jungle
Once a jungle island, the British naval base of Singapore, a strategic point along the Strait of Malacca, has become the crossroads of the East.
Monkey Folk
Admired by humans for their curiosity and sense of mischief, wild monkeys vary in size, color, and behavior.
New Mexico Melodrama
Land of ranches, striking rock formations, vast caves and adobe houses, New Mexico’s history began before European settlers reached America.
A Frog That Eats Bats and Snakes
The smoky jungle frog of Central and South America is a savvy hunter who catches snakes, lizards, and bats with its sticky tongue and viselike arms.

National Geographic June 1938

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Around the World for Animals
Like a modern Noah, the director of the National Zoological Park in Washington, D. C. , travels to Java, Sumatra, Japan, and China to bring back 890 animals for the zoo, including snakes, bears, giraffes, birds, and a baby tiger.
Flying Around the Baltic
Once coursed by Viking ships, the Baltic Sea, a thousand miles long, borders medieval cities, coal mines, churches, and villages of northern Europe.
Crusoes of Canton Island: Life on a Tiny Pacific Atoll That Has Flashed Into World Importance
To observe a solar eclipse, a team of scientists spends four months on deserted Canton ( Kanton) Island, named for the whaling ship that sunk off its coast in 1854.
New York State’s Air- Conditioned Roof
First inhabited by the Iroquois, upstate New York’s Adirondack region is one of cold rivers teeming with fish, loons swimming in dark lakes, and visitors who hike, snowshoe, or ski the ancient mountains.

National Geographic July 1938

By Eric

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Over the Roof of Our Continent
The National Geographic Society sponsors flights over the highest mountain range in North America to photograph Alaska’s Mount McKinley, which rises some 20, 300 feet.
Men- Birds Soar on Boiling Air
Glider planes fly without motors, buoyed aloft by warm air currents.
Pilgrims Still Stop at Plymouth
Pivotal to Britain’s sea trade, Plymouth is today a thriving port on the English Channel.
Roads from Washington
Within driving distance of Washington, D. C. are shadowy Virginia caves, sunny Delaware beaches, quiet Pennsylvania Dutch farms, busy streets of Baltimore and Philadelphia, and islands inhabited by wild ponies.
Guam- -Perch of the China Clippers
A lush island of thatched roofs, waterfalls, and coconut groves 5, 000 miles from the United States, Guam, situated on the old trade route of Spanish galleons, is now a vital link in Pacific air travel.

National Geographic September 1938

By Eric

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Trans- Africa Safari: A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms of Dusky Potentates and the Land of Big- Lipped Women
On a six- month safari from Algiers to Nairobi, an expedition explores thousands of miles of African desert and jungle, discovering Ubangi villages and elephants, crocodiles, and other animals.
On the Bottom of a South Sea Pearl Lagoon
Two thousand miles south of Honolulu, in the Pacific, divers plumb Tongareva’s lagoon of pearl oysters, moray eels, sharks, and giant clams.
Connecticut, Prodigy of Ingenuity
Once the home of Mark Twain, Connecticut teems with modern factories which speckle the New England state along with beaches, rivers, tobacco farms and great universities such as Yale.
Among the Big Knot Lois of Hainan: Wild Tribesmen With Topknots Roam the Little- known Interior of This Big and Strategically Important Island in the China Sea
Tattooed Loi ( Li) aborigines live on the large Chinese island of Hainan, an important military base in the South China Sea.

National Geographic February 1930

By Eric

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The Stone Beehive Homes of the Italian Heel: In Trulli- Land the Native Builds His Dwelling and Makes His Field Arable in the Same Operation
In the stone- studded boot heel of Italy, farmers harvest rocks from the fields to build conical stone roofs for their houses.
Seeking the Mountains of Mystery: An Expedition on the China- Tibet Frontier to the Unexplored Amnyi Machen Range, One of Whose Peaks Rivals Everest
Over 25, 000 feet tall at the highest peak, the snow- crowned Amnyi Machen Mountains ( A’ nyemagen Shan) on the Tibet- China border form a natural barrier that fosters a highland culture unaffected by outside influences.
Among the Hill Tribes of Sumatra
Straddling the Equator, the bountiful island of Sumatra remains comparatively unspoiled and its native people prosper under a matriarchal social system.

National Geographic May 1930

By Eric

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Hunting for Plants in the Canary Islands
Carpets of petals and blossoms decorate streets in the Canary Islands. The floral variety that inspires local artists tempts botanists to consider plants for introduction to U. S. gardens.
Some Impressions of 150, 000 Miles of Travel
William Howard Taft, former President, chief justice, and 25- year member of the Society’s Board of Trustees, shares insightful travelogues from around the world, including the Philippines, Russia, China, and Japan.