January 27 in American History
A group of explorers and scientists gathered in Washington to found the National Geographic Society, dedicated to "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Its yellow-bordered magazine would spend the next century bringing the wider world — and America's own wild places — into millions of homes.
In 1888: the National Geographic Society is founded. A group of explorers and scientists gathered in Washington to found the National Geographic Society, dedicated to "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Its yellow-bordered magazine would spend the next century bringing the wider world — and America's own wild places — into millions of homes.
A group of explorers and scientists gathered in Washington to found the National Geographic Society, dedicated to "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." Its yellow-bordered magazine would spend the next century bringing the wider world — and America's own wild places — into millions of homes.
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