National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Throughout the 1970s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the volcanic eruption of Eldfell at Heimaey island in Iceland .[ 4] Cover stories included articles written by notable writers such as Robert Redford ,[ 5] Rick Gore ,[ 6] and Paul A. Zahl .[ 7] Cover photos were published by notable photographers such as Emory Kristof ,[ 8] Winfield Parks [ 9] and Joan Root .[ 10]
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The 1970s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring wildlife like the October, 1978 issue titled "Conversations with a Gorilla", written by Francine Patterson with a photo on the cover of Koko the gorilla , photographed by Ronald H. Cohn . Koko grabbed the camera and took a selfie in a mirror.[ 11]
Articles featured on the cover of the magazine also included human-interest stories such as "Ladakh-The Last Shangri-La", written and photographed by Thomas J. Abercrombie featuring the people of India in the March, 1978 issue.[ 12] Many geographical locations were featured including the Amazon River in the October, 1972 article "The Amazon–The Mightiest of Rivers", written and photographed by Loren McIntyre .[ 13]
In the November, 1971 issue, Samuel W. Mathews and photographer William R. Curtsinger spent months aboard the Research vessel Hero in Antarctica . Photos taken by Curtsinger would be the first pictures of Snow Leopards in the wild and first photos shot in Antarctica.[ 14]
1970
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Making Friends With Mountain Gorillas
January, 1970
Dian Fossey
Robert M. Campbell
Baby gorillas with Dian Fossey
East Africa's Majestic Flamingos
February, 1970
M. Philip Kahl
M. Philip Kahl
Flamingos feeding
Japan's Historic Heartland Hosts Expo '70
March, 1970
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Drummer girl in Kyoto
White Tiger in My House
April, 1970
Elizabeth C. Reed
Donna K. Grosvenor
Baby white tigress
Businessman in the Bush
May, 1970
Frederick Kent Truslow
Frederick Kent Truslow
Black skimmer
When in Rome....
June, 1970
Stuart E. Jones
Winfield Parks
Rome Colosseum
The Hutterites, Plain People of the West
July, 1970
William Albert Allard
William Albert Allard
Hutterite family
Voyage to the Planets
August, 1970
Kenneth F. Weaver
Luděk Pešek
Saturn
The Cobra, India's "Good Snake"
September, 1970
Harry Miller
Naresh and Rajesh Bedic
Cobra with flower by hand
Orissa: Past and Promise in an Indian State
October, 1970
Bart McDowell
James P. Blair
Orissa schoolboy
Computer Helps Scholars Re-Create An Egyptian Temple
November, 1970
Ray Winfield Smith
Emory Kristof
Regal profile of Nefertiti
Pollution, Threat to Man's Only home
December, 1970
Gordon Young
Bruce Dale
Western grebe in oil spill
1971
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
The Voyage of Ra II
January, 1971
Thor Heyerdahl
Georges Sourial
Ra II
I live with the Eskimos
February, 1971
Guy Mary-Rousselière
Guy Mary-Rousselière
Eskimo fisherman
The Lands and Peoples of Southeast Asia
March, 1971
Peter T. White
W.E. Garrett
Akha woman in Laos
The Exquisite Orchids
April, 1971
Luis Marden
Othmar Danesch
Ophrys speculum
The Condor, Soaring Spirit of the Andes
May, 1971
Jerry McGahan
Libby McGahan
Condor vulture with Jerry McGahan
Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail
June, 1971
Mike W. Edwards
David Hiser
Pacific Crest Trail with hikers
Apollo 14: The Climb Up Cone Crater
July, 1971
Alice J. Hall
NASA
Alan Shepard (moon )
Oklahoma
August, 1971
Robert Paul Jordan
Robert W. Madden
Oklahoma wheat worker
Mzima, Kenya's Spring of Life
September, 1971
Joan and Alan Root
Joan and Alan Root
African rock python swimming with Joan Root
India's River of Faith, Ganges
October, 1971
John J. Putnam
Raghubir Singh
Indian woman of faith
Antarctica's Nearer Side
November, 1971
Samuel W. Mathews
William R. Curtsinger
Gentoo penguin
Return to Changing China
December, 1971
Audrey Topping
Audrey Topping
Peking schoolchildren
1972
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Taboos and Magic Rule Namba Lives
January, 1972
Kal Muller
Kal Muller
New Hebrides woman
African Wildlife Man's Threatened Legacy
February, 1972
Allan C. Fisher
Thomas Nebbia
Kenyan leopard
Tundra and the Splendors of It's Plants, Birds and Mammals
March, 1972
Staff writer d
John J. Burns
Lapland longspur
Winter Caravan to the Roof of the World
April, 1972
Sabrina and Roland Michaud
Roland Michaud
Kyrgyz boy
Yellowstone's Hundredth Birthday
May, 1972
William S. Ellis
Jonathan Blair
American black bear and bystanders
A River Restored: Oregon's Willamette
June, 1972
Ethel A. Starbird
Lowell J. Georgia
Canoeing on the river
The Sword and Sermon
July, 1972
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Saudi Arabian man
Stone Age Men of the Philippines
August, 1972
Kenneth MacLeish
John Launois
Tasaday boy climbing tree
Yesterday Linger Along the Connecticut
September, 1972
Charles McCarry
David L. Arnold
Penny-farthing cyclist
The Amazon-The Mightiest of Rivers
October, 1972
Loren McIntyre
Loren McIntyre
Txukahamei girl in Brazil
A Land Apart-The Monterey Peninsula
November, 1972
Milke W. Edwards
Declan Haun
Pfeiffer Beach
Those Popular Pandas
December, 1972
Theodore H. Reed
Bruce Dale
Panda bear eating
1973
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Search for the Oldest People
January, 1973
Alexander Leaf
John Metzger
Ecuadorian man
Art of the Aborigines
February, 1973
Staff writerd
Kay and Stanley Breeden
Aboriginal rock art
The Last U.S. Whale Hunters
March, 1973
Emory Kristof
Emory Kristof
Eskimo whalers canoeing
Those Outlandish Goldfish
April, 1973
Paul A. Zahl
Paul A. Zahl
Bubble Eye goldfish
France's Wild Watery South
May, 1973
William Davenport
Hans W. Silverster
Stallions in the water
Australia's Great Barrier Reef
June, 1973
Staff writerd
Ron Taylor
Great Barrier Reef with diver
Volcano Overwhelms an Icelandic Village
July, 1973
Noel Grove
Emory Kristof
Volcano on Heimaey island
Friend of the Wind: The Common Tern
August, 1973
Ian Nisbet
Hope Alexander
Tern (bird)
Change Ripple New Guinea's Sepik River
September, 1973
Malcolm S. Kirk
Malcolm S. Kirk
New Guinea tribesman
Chile: Republic on a Shoestring
October, 1973
Gordon Young
George F. Mobley
Chilean woman with umbrella
This Is My Island: Tangier
November, 1973
Harold G. Wheatley
David Alan Harvey
Boy and a crab
Lost Empire of the Incas
December, 1973
Loren McIntyre
Loren McIntyre
Llama in a canoe
1974
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Gold, The Eternal Treasure
January, 1974
Peter T. White
James L. Stanfield
Lion in pure gold
Maine's Allagash River
February, 1974
Staff writerd
Farrell Grehan
Red fox in national park
Trekking the Frozen Northwest Passage
March, 1974
Colin Irwin
Colin Irwin
Dogsled in the Arctic
The England of Charles Dickens
April, 1974
Richard A. Long
Adam Woolfitt
English boy
The Incredible Universe
May, 1974
Kenneth F. Weaver
James P. Blair
Night sky
Climbing Half Dome The Hard Way
June, 1974
Galen Rowell
Galen Rowell
Rock climbing Half Dome
Exploring England's Canals
July, 1974
Brian Hodgson
Linda Bartlette
Oxford Canal
The Phoenicians: Sealords of Antiquities
August, 1974
Samuel W. Mathews
Winfield Parks
Phoenician amulet
Europe's Shy and Spectacular Kingfisher
September, 1974
Staff writerd
Carl Johan Junge
European kingfisher
Bhutan Crowns a Dragon King
October, 1974
John Scofield
John Scofield
Jigme Singye Wangchuck in Bhutan
Guatemala Maya and Modern
November, 1974
Louis De La Haba
Joseph J. Scherschel
Children of San Juan Atitán
The Isles of the Pacific
December, 1974
Kenneth P. Emory
H. Edward Kim
smiling Polynesian woman
1975
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Exploring the Mind of Ice Age Man
January, 1975
Alexander Marshack
Alexander Marshack
Cave in Niaux , France
Brazil's Beleaguered Indians
February, 1975
W. Jesco Von Puttkamer
W. Jesco Von Puttkamer
Amazonian native
Hawaii, Island of Fire and Flowers
March, 1975
Gordon Young
Robert W. Madden
Mauna Ulu volcano
Diving Amid 'Sleeping' Sharks
April, 1975
Eugenie Clark
David Doubilet
Bull shark with Eugenie Clark
Life of a Baboon Troop
May, 1975
Shirley C. Strum
Timothy W. Ransom
Baboons
Andalusian, The Spirit of Spain
June, 1975
Howard Lafay
Joseph J. Scherschel
Andalusian woman
Benjamin Franklin
July, 1975
Alice J. Hall
Linda Bartlett
Benjamin Franklin
The Niger: River of Sorrow, River of Hope
August, 1975
Georg Gerster
Georg Gerster
Nigerian woman
Strange World of the Red Sea Reefs
September, 1975
Eugenie Clark
David Doubilet
Moray eels
Orangutans
October, 1975
Birutė Galdikas-Brindamour
Photographer
Orangutans with Birutė Galdikas-Brindamour
Christopher Columbus and the New World He Found
November, 1975
John Scofield
Adam Woolfitt
Panama woman
The Maya: Children of Time
December, 1975
Howard La Fay
David Alan Harvey
Mayan statues
1976
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Life or Death for the Harp Seal
January, 1976
David M. Lavigne
William R. Curtsinger
baby Harp seal
Siberia's Empire Road, The River Ob
February, 1976
Robert Paul Jordan
Dean Conger
Siberian woman
At Home with Right Whales
March, 1976
Roger Payne
Des and Jen Bartlett c
Southern right whale
Irish Ways Live On In Dingle
April, 1976
Bryan Hodgson
Linda Bartlette
Irish boy
Truk Lagoon: A Sunken Japanese Fleet Becomes a Scientific Laboratory
May, 1976
Sylvia A. Earle
Al Giddings
Truk Lagoon
Kyoto and Nara: Keepers of Japan's Past
June, 1976
Charles McCarry
George F. Mobley
Japanese woman
How Are We Using the Land?
July, 1976
Peter T. White
Jeff Foott
Bald eagle
Discovered: Monarch's Mexican Haven
August, 1976
Frederick A. Urquhart
Bianca Lavies
Monarch butterflies
India Struggles to Save Her Wildlife
September, 1976
John K. Putman
Stanley Breeden
Golden langur
The Nation's River
October, 1976
Allan C. Fisher, Jr.
James L. Stanfield
Potomac River
Robert Redford Rides the Outlaw Trail
November, 1976
Robert Redford
Jonathan Blair
American Cowboy
By Square-Rigger From Baltic to Bicentennial
December, 1976
Kenneth Garrett
Gilbert M. Grosvenor
Tall ships
1977
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Sifting For Life in the Sands if Mars
, 1977
Rick Gore
NASA
Mars surface
Longest Manned Balloon Flight
February, 1977
Ed Yost
Otis Imboden
Hot air balloon
Egypt: Legacy of a Dazzling Past
March, 1977
Alice J. Hall
Lee Boltin
Gold statue of King tut
Pilgrimage to Nepal's Chrystal Mountain
April, 1977
Joel F. Ziskin
Joel F. Ziskin
Nepali woman
Wild Nursery of the Mangroves
May, 1977
Rick Gore
Bianca Lavies
Frigatebird in a mangrove
Mexico's People of Myth and Magic
June, 1977
James Norman
Guillermo Aldana E.
Huichol art
Preserving the Nation's Wild Rivers
July, 1977
Not statede
Ed Cooper
Undine Falls in Yosemite
The Air-Safety Challenge
August, 1977
Michael E. Long
Bruce Dale
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
Following the Reindeer with Norway's Lapps
September, 1977
Sally Anderson
Erik Borg
Norwegian Lapp teenage boy
Arizona's Suburbs of the Sun
October, 1977
David Jeffery
H. Edward Kim
Field of calendulas
Brazil Tames Her Wild Frontier
November, 1977
Loren McIntyre
Loren McIntyre
Jaguar on a tree
Reach for the New World
December, 1977
Mendel L. Peterson
Nathan Benn
Sailboat in Newfoundland
1978
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Moscow: The City Around Red Square
January, 1978
John J. Putnam
Gordon W. Gahan
Russian ballet dancers
Minoans and Mycenaeans: Sea Kings of the Aegean
February, 1978
Joseph Judge
Gordon W. Gahan
Golden death mask
Ladakh-The Last Shangri-La
March, 1978
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Thomas J. Abercrombie
Woman of Leh , India
China's Incredible Find
April, 1978
Audrey Topping
Howard Nelson
Terracotta Army
Alone Across the Outback
May, 1978
Robyn Davidson
Rick Smolan
Robyn Davidson with a camel in Australia
Dragons of the Deep
June, 1978
Paul A. Zahl
Paul A. Zahl
Leafy seadragon
The Grand Canyon
July, 1978
W. E. Garrett
W. E. Garrett
Grand Canyon
New Ideas About Dinosaurs
August, 1978
John H. Ostrom
Roy Anderson
Painting of dinosaurs
Solo to the North Pole
September, 1978
Naomi Uemura
Ira Block
Eskimo
Conversations with a Gorilla
October, 1978
Francine Patterson
Ronald H. Cohn
Koko the Gorilla with a camera
Pilgrimage to Mecca
November, 1978
Mohammed Abdul-Rauf
Mehmet Biber
Mosque at Mecca
Double Eagle II Leaps the Atlantic
December, 1978
Ben Abruzzo
Alain Dejean
Double Eagle II
1979
Titlea
Date
Author
Photographer
Imagesb
Sri Lanka: Time of Testing
January, 1979
Robert Paul Jordan
Raghubir Singh
Monks praying at Buddha statue
Kangaroos! That Marvelous Mob
February, 1979
Geoffrey B. Sharman
Des and Jen Bartlett c
Wallabies
National Wildlife Refuges
March, 1979
Not statede
Bates Littlehales
Tufted puffin
The Trouble with Dolphins
April, 1979
Edward J. Linehan
Al Giddings
Sylvia Earle with dolphin
Americans Climb K2
May, 1979
James Wickwire
John Roskelley
Mountaineer on K2
American 4-H Exchange: Down on the Farm in the U.S.S.R.
June, 1979
John Garaventa
James Tobin
Ukrainian family dancing
Our National Parks
July, 1979
Not statede
David Alan Harvey
Bridalveil Fall
Walk Across America: On to the Pacific
August, 1979
Peter and Barbara Jenkins
Skeeter Hagler
Peter and Barbara Jenkins
Search for the First Americans
September, 1979
Thomas Y. Canby
David L. Arnold
Stone tools
Scenic Guilin Links China's Past and Present
October, 1979
W.E. Garrett
W.E. Garrett
Chinese child in Guilin
The Desert: An Age-Old Challenge Grows
November, 1979
Rick Gore
Photographer
Man in a turban in Sahara Desert
Our Wildest Wilderness: The Arctic Wildlife Range
December, 1979
Douglas H. Chadwick
Stephen J. Krasemann
Caribou
a.^ In some issues of National Geographic , the cover story would have one title on the cover and a different title (with the same meaning) on the headline of the actual article. Titles represented in this list, are taken from the cover and the citation represents the actual article title.
b.^ Images could also be a painting or a drawing.
c.^ Although two photographers are credited, it is not stated to which one took the photo.
d.^ Uncredited article. Usually a breakout article.
e.^ Multiple articles with various authors. Photo depicted is not included in those articles.
^ Braverman, Sandra (September 23, 1990). "A Photographic Odyssey" . The Boston Globe . p. West 9. Retrieved April 22, 2023 – via newspapers.com .
^ Dukehart, Coburn (October 1, 2013). " 'National Geographic' Celebrates 125 Years Of Photography" . NPR.com . Retrieved April 12, 2023 .
^ "National Geographic" . postalmuseum.si.edu . Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved April 19, 2023 .
^ a b Grove, Noel (July 1973). "Volcano Overwhelms an Icelandic Village" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 1. p. 40.
^ a b Redford, Robert (November 1976). "Robert Redford Rides the Outlaw Trail" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 5. p. 622.
^ a b Gore, Rick (1977). "Sifting For Life in the Sands if Mars" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 1. p. 1.
^ a b Zahl, Paul A. (April 1973). "Those Outlandish Goldfish" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 4. p. 514.
^ a b Kristof, Emory (March 1973). "The Last U.S. Whale Hunters" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 3. p. 346.
^ a b Mathews, Samuel W. (August 1974). "The Phoenicians: Sealords of Antiquities" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 2. p. 149.
^ a b Root, Joan ; Root, Alan (September 1971). "Mzima, Kenya's Spring of Life" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 3. p. 350.
^ a b Patterson, Francine (October 1978). "Conversations with a Gorilla" . National Geographic . Vol. 154, no. 4. p. 438.
^ a b Abercrombie, Thomas J. (March 1978). "Ladakh-The Last Shangri-La" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 3. p. 332.
^ a b McIntyre, Loren (October 1972). "The Amazon-The Mightiest of Rivers" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 4. p. 445.
^ a b Mathews, Samuel W. (November 1971). "Antarctica's Nearer Side" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 5. p. 622.
^ Dian, Fossey (January 1970). "Making Friends With Mountain Gorillas" . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 1. p. 48.
^ Kahl, M. Philip (February 1970). "East Africa's Majestic Flamingos" . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 2. p. 276.
^ Abercrombie, Thomas J. (March 1970). "Japan's Historic Heartland Hosts Expo '70" . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 3. p. 295.
^ Reed, Elizabeth C. (April 1970). "White Tiger in My House" . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 4. p. 482.
^ "Businessman in the Bush" . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 5. May 1970. p. 634.
^ Stuart E., Jones (June 1970). "When in Rome..." . National Geographic . Vol. 137, no. 6. p. 741.
^ William Albert, Allard (July 1970). "The Hutterites, Plain People of the West" . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 1. p. 98.
^ Weaver, Kenneth (August 1970). "Voyage to the Planets" . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 2. p. 147.
^ Miller, Harry (September 1970). "The Cobra, India's "Good Snake" " . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 3. p. 391.
^ McDowell, Bart (October 1970). "Orissa: Past and Promise in an Indian State" . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 4. p. 546.
^ Smith, Ray Winfield (November 1970). "Computer Helps Scholars Re-Create An Egyptian Temple" . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 5. p. 634.
^ Young, Gordon (December 1970). "Pollution, Threat to Man's Only home" . National Geographic . Vol. 138, no. 6. p. 738.
^ Heyerdahl, Thor (January 1971). "The Voyage of Ra II" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 1. p. 44.
^ Mary-Rousselière, Guy (February 1971). "I live with the Eskimos" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 2. p. 188.
^ White, Peter T (March 1971). "The Lands and Peoples of Southeast Asia" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 3. p. 296.
^ Marden, Luis (April 1971). "The Exquisite Orchids" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 4. p. 485.
^ McGahan, Jerry (May 1971). "The Condor, Soaring Spirit of the Andes" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 5. p. 684.
^ Edwards, Mike W. (June 1971). "Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail" . National Geographic . Vol. 139, no. 6. p. 741.
^ Hall, Alice J. (July 1971). "Apollo 14: The Climb Up Cone Crater" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 1. p. 136.
^ Jordan, Robert Paul (August 1971). "Oklahoma" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 2. p. 149.
^ Putnam, John J. (October 1971). "India's River of Faith, Ganges" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 4. p. 445.
^ Topping, Audrey (December 1971). "Return to Changing China" . National Geographic . Vol. 140, no. 6. p. 800.
^ Muller, Kal (January 1972). "Taboos and Magic Rule Namba Lives" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 1. p. 57.
^ Fisher, Allan C. (February 1972). "African Wildlife Man's Threatened Legacy" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 2. p. 147.
^ Staff writer (March 1972). "Tundra and the Splendors of It's Plants, Birds and Mammals" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 3. p. 315.
^ Michaud, Sabrina; Michaud, Roland (April 1972). "Winter Caravan to the Roof of the World" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 4. p. 435.
^ Ellis, William S. (May 1972). "Yellowstone's Hundredth Birthday" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 5. p. 616.
^ Starbird, Ethel A. (June 1972). "A River Restored: Oregon's Willamette" . National Geographic . Vol. 141, no. 6. p. 816.
^ Abercrombie, Thomas J. (July 1972). "The Sword and Sermon" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 1. p. 3.
^ MacLeish, Kenneth (August 1972). "Stone Age Men of the Philippines" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 2. p. 219.
^ McCarry, Charles (September 1972). "Yesterday Linger Along the Connecticut" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 3. p. 334.
^ Edwards, Milke W. (November 1972). "A Land Apart-The Monterey Peninsula" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 5. p. 682.
^ Reed, Theodore H. (December 1972). "Those Popular Pandas" . National Geographic . Vol. 142, no. 6. p. 803.
^ Leaf, Alexander (January 1973). "Search for the Oldest People" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 1. p. 93.
^ Staff writer (February 1973). "Art of the Aborigines" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 2. p. 175.
^ Davenport, William (May 1973). "France's Wild Watery South" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 5. p. 696.
^ Staff writer (June 1973). "Australia's Great Barrier Reef" . National Geographic . Vol. 143, no. 6. p. 727.
^ Nisbet, Ian (August 1973). "Friend of the Wind: The Common Tern" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 2. p. 234.
^ Kirk, Malcolm S. (September 1973). "Change Ripple New Guinea's Sepik River" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 3. p. 354.
^ Young, Gordon (October 1973). "Chile: Republic on a Shoestring" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 4. p. 437.
^ Wheatley, Harold G. (November 1973). "This Is My Island: Tangier" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 5. p. 700.
^ McIntyre, McIntyre (December 1973). "Lost Empire of the Incas" . National Geographic . Vol. 144, no. 6. p. 729.
^ Peter T., White (January 1974). "Gold, The Eternal Treasure" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 1. p. 1.
^ Staff writer (February 1974). "Maine's Allagash River" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 2. p. 177.
^ Irwin, Colin (March 1974). "Trekking the Frozen Northwest Passage" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 3. p. 295.
^ Long, Richard A. (April 1974). "The England of Charles Dickens" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 4. p. 443.
^ Weaver, Kenneth F. (May 1974). "The Incredible Universe" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 5. p. 589.
^ Rowell, Galen (June 1974). "Climbing Half Dome The Hard Way" . National Geographic . Vol. 145, no. 6. p. 782.
^ Hodgson, Brian (July 1974). "Exploring England's Canals" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 1. p. 76.
^ Staff writer (September 1974). "Europe's Shy and Spectacular Kingfisher" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 3. p. 413.
^ Scofield, John (October 1974). "Bhutan Crowns a Dragon King" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 4. p. 546.
^ De La Haba, Louis (November 1974). "Guatemala Maya and Modern" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 5. p. 660.
^ Emory, Kenneth (December 1974). "The Isles of the Pacific" . National Geographic . Vol. 146, no. 6. p. 732.
^ Marshack, Alexander (January 1975). "Exploring the Mind of Ice Age Man" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 1. p. 64.
^ Puttkamer, W. Jesco Von (February 1975). "Brazil's Beleaguered Indians" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 2. p. 254.
^ Young, Gordon (March 1975). "Hawaii, Island of Fire and Flowers" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 3. p. 399.
^ Clark, Eugenie (April 1975). "Diving Amid 'Sleeping' Sharks" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 4. p. 570.
^ Strum, Shirley C. (May 1975). "Life of a Baboon Troop" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 5. p. 672.
^ Lafay, Howard (June 1975). "Andalusian, The Spirit of Spain" . National Geographic . Vol. 147, no. 6. p. 833.
^ Hall, Alice J. (July 1975). "Benjamin Franklin" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 1. p. 93.
^ Gerster, Georg (August 1975). "The Niger: River of Sorrow, River of Hope" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 2. p. 152.
^ Clark, Eugenie (September 1975). "Strange World of the Red Sea Reefs" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 3. p. 338.
^ Galdikas-Brindamour, Birutė (October 1975). "Orangutans" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 4. p. 444.
^ Scofield, John (November 1975). "Christopher Columbus and the New World He Found" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 5. p. 584.
^ La Fay, Howard (December 1975). "The Maya: Children of Time" . National Geographic . Vol. 148, no. 6. p. 729.
^ Lavigne, David M. (January 1976). "Life or Death for the Harp Seal" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 1. p. 129.
^ Jordan, Robert Paul (February 1976). "Siberia's Empire Road, The River Ob" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 2. p. 145.
^ Payne, Roger (March 1976). "At Home with Right Whales" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 3. p. 323.
^ Hodgson, Bryan (April 1976). "Irish Ways Live On In Dingle" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 4. p. 551.
^ Earle, Sylvia A. (May 1976). "Truk Lagoon: A Sunken Japanese Fleet Becomes a Scientific Laboratory" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 5. p. 578.
^ McCarry, Charles (June 1976). "Kyoto and Nara: Keepers of Japan's Past" . National Geographic . Vol. 149, no. 6. p. 836.
^ White, Peter T. (July 1976). "How Are We Using the Land?" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 1. p. 20.
^ Urquhart, Frederick A. (August 1976). "Discovered: Monarch's Mexican Haven" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 2. p. 160.
^ Putman, John K. (September 1976). "India Struggles to Save Her Wildlife" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 3. p. 299.
^ Fisher, Jr., Allan C. (October 1976). "The Nation's River" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 4. p. 432.
^ Garrett, Kenneth (December 1976). "By Square-Rigger From Baltic to Bicentennial" . National Geographic . Vol. 150, no. 6. p. 824.
^ Yost, Ed (February 1977). "Longest Manned Balloon Flight" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 2. p. 208.
^ Hall, Alice J. (March 1977). "Egypt: Legacy of a Dazzling Past" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 3. p. 293.
^ Ziskin, Joel F. (April 1977). "Pilgrimage to Nepal's Chrystal Mountain" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 4. p. 500.
^ Rick, Gore (May 1977). "Wild Nursery of the Mangroves" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 5. p. 668.
^ Norman, James (June 1977). "Mexico's People of Myth and Magic" . National Geographic . Vol. 151, no. 6. p. 832.
^ "Preserving the Nation's Wild Rivers" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 1. July 1977.
^ Long, Michael E. (August 1977). "The Air-Safety Challenge" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 2. p. 208.
^ Anderson, Sally (September 1977). "Following the Reindeer with Norway's Lapps" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 3. p. 364.
^ Jeffery, David (October 1977). "Arizona's Suburbs of the Sun" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 4. p. 486.
^ McIntyre, Loren (November 1977). "Brazil Tames Her Wild Frontier" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 5. p. 684.
^ Peterson, Mendel L. (December 1977). "Reach for the New World" . National Geographic . Vol. 152, no. 6. p. 724.
^ Putnam, John J. (January 1978). "Moscow: The City Around Red Square" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 1. p. 1.
^ Judge, Joseph (February 1978). "Minoans and Mycenaeans: Sea Kings of the Aegean" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 2. p. 142.
^ Topping, Audrey (April 1978). "China's Incredible Find" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 4. p. 440.
^ Davidson, Robyn (May 1978). "Alone Across the Outback" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 5. p. 580.
^ Zahl, Paul A. (June 1978). "Dragons of the Deep" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 6. p. 838.
^ Garrett, W. E. (July 1978). "The Grand Canyon" . National Geographic . Vol. 153, no. 1. p. 2.
^ Ostrom, John H. (August 1978). "New Ideas About Dinosaurs" . National Geographic . Vol. 154, no. 2. p. 152.
^ Uemura, Naomi (September 1978). "Solo to the North Pole" . National Geographic . Vol. 154, no. 3. p. 298.
^ Abdul-Rauf, Mohammed (November 1978). "Pilgrimage to Mecca" . National Geographic . Vol. 154, no. 5. p. 581.
^ Abruzzo, Ben (December 1978). "Double Eagle II Leaps the Atlantic" . National Geographic . Vol. 154, no. 6. p. 858.
^ Jordan, Robert Paul (January 1979). "Sri Lanka: Time of Testing" . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 1. p. 123.
^ Sharman, Geoffrey B. (February 1979). "Kangaroos! That Marvelous Mob" . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 2. p. 192.
^ "National Wildlife Refuges" . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 3. March 1979.
^ Linehan, Edward J. (April 1979). "The Trouble with Dolphins" . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 4. p. 506.
^ Wickwire, James (May 1979). "Americans Climb K2" . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 5. p. 640.
^ Garaventa, John (June 1979). "American 4-H Exchange: Down on the Farm in the U.S.S.R." . National Geographic . Vol. 155, no. 6. p. 768.
^ "Our National Parks" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 1. July 1979.
^ Jenkins, Peter ; Jenkins, Barbara (August 1979). "Walk Across America: On to the Pacific" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 2. p. 193.
^ Canby, Thomas Y. (September 1979). "Search for the First Americans" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 3. p. 330.
^ Garrett, W.E. (October 1979). "Scenic Guilin Links China's Past and Present" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 4. p. 536.
^ Gore, Rick (November 1979). "The Desert: An Age-Old Challenge Grows" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 5. p. 594.
^ Chadwick, Douglas H. (December 1979). "Our Wildest Wilderness: The Arctic Wildlife Range" . National Geographic . Vol. 156, no. 6. p. 737.