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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-09-21 21:05:55
Description: The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society was established in Washington D.C. in January 1888. Founded by just thirty-three men, the Society’s first President was the lawyer and financier Gardiner Greene Hubbard whose lay interest in science and geography perfectly embodied the Society’s creation ‘for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge’. Nine months after the Society’s foundation, the first edition of its journal was sent to its 165 charter members. Consisting mostly of short technical articles, the magazine struggled to increase its readership for the first few years ...
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