02262cam a2200373Ia 4500 93634 20230410143433.0 060405s2006 nyua 001 0 eng (OCoLC)ocm65516648 GZM GZM BAKER YDXCP BTCTA 0143035932 (pbk.) 9780143035930 (pbk.) YDXCP 2259079 (OCoLC)65516648 14aG 3bP822e 2006 910 GRAL Poole, Robert M. Explorers house : National Geographic and the world it made / Robert Poole. New York : Penguin Press, 2006. 357 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes index. Alec and Mabel -- A quiet birth -- The first Grosvenor -- A new generation -- Educating Melville -- The first hero -- off to war -- The changing order -- The crash -- A gentlemanly standard -- The birthright -- Melville takes charge -- The best of times -- facing life -- Broken friendship -- The third flowering. For more than a century, through unparalleled research, exploration, publications, and photography, the National Geographic Society and its magazine have, in many ways, defined how we see the world. This book, based on unprecedented archival and inside information, provides a behind-the-scenes look, from its start in 1888 to its evolution into an iconic American institution, as well as the family story �bsof the Grosvenor media dynasty which, along with Alexander Graham Bell, created the photography-based monthly. Also shows the inside workings of the magazine's editorial process, providing a look behind some of its ground-breaking articles and explorations--from Cousteau's famous Calypso voyages to the origins of Jane Goodall's research on chimpanzees to the institution's 1963 Mt. Everest expedition. National Geographic Society (U.S.) National Geographic Society (Estados Unidos) Geografía universal. Baker & Taylor BKTY 16.00 12.00 0143035932 0006567666 active YBP Library Services YANK 2259079 Baker and Taylor BTCP bl2006029734 lcc bk C0 DRFGD lmm 101669 101669 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 G 3 P822e 2006 00000077204 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 bk