The National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Adventure and Discovery by C. D. B. Bryan

Main page

Editions

The National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Adventure and Discovery

by Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan (otherwise under C. D. B. Bryan)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
294	1	18,700	(4.34)	1

Add to your library

Add to wishlist

▾Book information

Info:	Abrams (1987), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 484 pages
Member:	kabbalah
Collections:	Your library	Rating:
Tags:	None

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

wrosart, neighbors, robertgraves, swimkeane93, folk_smith, WPendleton, rybie2, private library, aenea22980, sunrosa

numbers

show all

▾Tags

adventure (10) anthropology (7) archaeology (2) art (2) coffee table (2) culture (3) discovery (5) earth science (2) expedition (3) exploration (14) Family Room (1) geography (25) history (40) journalism (2) National Geographic (23) National Geographic Society (14) National Geographic Society (U.S.) (3) natural history (3) nature (17) non-fiction (25) photographs (5) photography (41) photos (1) reference (15) science (9) social history (1) society (2) travel (20) Washington DC (1) world (2)

▾Recommendations

Member recommendations

None.

contribute your own recommendation

▾Will you like it?

won't like will probably not like will probably like will like will love

▾Member reviews

Well, certainly impressive. Sort of "how did we do it" massive collection of work and photographs. Some very impressive work went into this. (

)

dreams_ark | Oct 6, 2009 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Series (with order)

Canonical Title

Original publication date

1987

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Awards and honors

New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction, 1987)

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Washington, D.C., January 10, 1888

Dear Sir:
You are invited to be present at a meeting to be held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, on Friday evening, January 13, at 8 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Red Shirt School of Photography

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

▾Book descriptions

Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0810913763, Hardcover)

For more than 100 years, the National Geographic Society has been bringing to a worldwide audience thrilling true stories of adventure, discovery, and natural wonders. In this celebratory volume, bursting with stunning photography and dramatic accounts, award-winning author C.D.B. Bryan brings to life the Society's formidable legacy.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400)

▾Open Shelves Classification

The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details.