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Mr Hubbard hailed the founding of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830 as 'a landmark in the history of discovery'. It and other similar societies of those times, he said, directed 'the current of exploration into the most useful channels. Before organized effort, darkness gave way at every step'. AVith its mission set in 1888 as 'the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge', the National Geographic Society was destined to become the largest non profit scientific and educational organization in the world. Its magazine, National Geographic evolved from a journal between plain covers and nearly all words, whose first issue was circulated to 165 charter members, into a monthly publication that is famous for its colour photography and yellow border, and that is now sent to 10.5 million members worldwide. |
