Hey Scott thats really cool, and thanks for the welcome. Its great to meet other Nat Geo lovers!

Hi, Scott, Great to hear from you and thank you for the reminder. Yes, the six of us will watch. We are babysitting our two granddogs -- two brindle Bulldogs -- along with our Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Silver Lab (not yet AKC recognized). I like the coonhounds and the Icelandic sheepdog. ~ Karen

Scott,

thanks a lot for the warm welcome. I have been following on and off for many years, especially on the old forum, but I'm now determined to help keep this site alive, and it's so much better.

regards,

Ricardo

I did not see until now and after I read your mail this friend request thank you very much for your comments and i will come more often to share

Scott,

Under what group would I include article reprints from the NGM?

Also, I have many books that relate to NGS, but not published by NGS.  They relate to the Society's explorations, Hubbard medal winners or just the use of the Society's resources.  Would they go under the Technical group?

Thanks for your help,

Jeff

Hey Jeff, thanks for the interest in wanting to post and for the good question. Perhaps it shows that I/we still need to re-word or clarify more explicitly what some of the groups are //supposed// to be. I'm open to suggestions anywhere I can clear up the verbiage in the Info. in each group (at least the ones I created, that is).

Anyway, if you are referring to things like the technical reports that were co-sponsored by NGS-Yale Univ., or NGS & Smithsonian, etc. those type things should go under the Vintage,Technical group.

Looking at the 20 groups that exist right now, if you have stuff about Hubbard Medals, medal recipients, news items related thereto might I call your attention to the Epherema & Collectibles group. Even if you have something not Society produced, that's a good place for it. 

As for anything like explorers, writers, scientists, etc. (who have been featured in NGM or Society stuff ) who have a book or something that is not an NGS/NGM/NGC item proper, but bears heavy connection or inter-relationships, I guess I need to create a new group like I was thinking of back in Dec. 

I have some stuff too that I wanted to share that is not technically NGS, but is so intertwined or connected that it seems worth sharing, but there seemed no place to put it "off to the side". 

If you have something specific you can private message me and I'll offer a recommendation where to post it. As for the various Book groups I set up, I just wanted to indicate that since there are several distinct eras or book series lines, to merely have one sole group for "All NGS Books" seemed like an invitation to confusion and a lack of delineation between genre, era, type. 

Thus why I created the Book Service, Special Pubs, Vintage/Tech., and 'modern era' w/ loose date ranges. The exception would be Atlases since there was some consensus that they should be apart of the Maps group.... in the sense of "cartography" items. 

Hope this helps some of the intention behind the Groups. For a long time there was a lack of specific groups, such that discussions + postings were just all disappearing in the wall feed and you'd have to go digging for things without knowing what was where, when, by who. At least in theory, you can go to a Group and expect to find relevant discussions and they seem to visually show up more prominently.

Should we have a group exclusively for The (NGM) Magazine itself? If not, I am momentarily stumped as to the best place for reprints to go . . . other than just a general discussion on the main wall.

I will get a group made for "Ancillary/things connected to NGS" to hopefully encompass what you might have, and what I know I have.

- Scott

Scott,

Just ran across this on the web and I thought you'd like to see it.

http://mashable.com/2015/08/10/snoopy-and-space-history/

Tom

Scott,

For some reason, Snoopy keeps popping up on the internet.  Here's another one:

http://kotaku.com/how-snoopy-killed-peanuts-1724269473

Tom

Thanks for the greetings Scott! Glad to be here

Go for it, Bro.

Yes it is and it is in the original mailing tube, sent to my great grandmother.

I actually don't have a subscription yet as I'm unemployed right now, but I've read the two issues that are out (at the store) and am going to subscribe immediately when I'm working again!  I'm actually going to subscribe to the main magazine again after being away for a few years, there are so many Geographics out there that need homes, and it's cheaper to buy them second-hand.  But I miss having them show up in the mail, that's a nice thing too.  And the digital access to the entire back issue catalog is going to be nice to have.  I have the CD's for that now, but they need to be updated.

Scott,

At one time, I had every NG issue from my birth-month, March '47, to the current issue but a couple of cross-country moves significantly trimmed my collection (although I have retained all the maps). Never kept them in slipcases. Sad to say, though, after subscribing for over four decades, I have made the decision not to renew. I think that the magazine has become slighter and less adventurous and has shifted the fine balance between text and photos (to the detriment of the former) that it so skillfully maintained for many, many years. For me, it had a good run and I'll continue to enjoy re-reading many of the back issues I still possess.

dw

Thanks, Scott! A couple of weeks ago I combed through eBay listings. It appears most years back to about 1920 can be purchased for $30 or so. Then I realized I had the cart before the horse -- I really need a carpenter to build bookcases, THEN I can buy the years I need prior to 1946. I never heard back from the lady in Nashville, so I guess she chunked that large accumulation she had.

Thank you Scott for reaching out! 

We still have ways to go, but please see below what I'm looking for: 

I am still looking for years 1888-1973 w a few exceptions. Also looking for 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 2004, 2009-2016.

I do have: 1919, 1959, 1962, 1963 in the above requests so do not need those. 

Thank you!

Sincerely, 

Lovisa

Hi Scott,

With the time shift with Europe, I am not often on the Corner but you can also find me on facebook

https://www.facebook.com/luxorion.sky

Regards,

Thierry

Thank you for having me

Thanks Scott,

You and Phil (especially Phil) have posted so many covers and map in albums, I thought I'd throw in my two cents.

Hi Scott

I’ve been dealing with health and family issues for quite some time.  Finally starting to see daylight and hope to commence posting some of my unique article reprint .jpgs and data, into the group I started, soon.  

Just in the process of finding and sorting all of the items.  I do have a number of, what I believe, are one offs (in that, I’ve never before seen them identified online).

Sorry...Just saw your post...Thank-you for your good wishes!

Thanks very much yes that is the one!   

Hey I know it took all day but thanks man!

Me too, I starting in 1968 and it became an obsession.

Many thanks Scott for welcoming me. 

Mike

Amazing! Spot on Scott, this is magazine that I am enquiring about. I have had it in my attic (safe and dry) for years and always thought it was a special edition. I have had a scan around online to see how much it may be worth but ended up even more confused with so many differences in value. This is one of the reasons for me joining the group alongside trying to start a collection of historical magazines. The copy I have is complete and in very good condition with the unused attached record. Can you point me in the direction towards who in the forum may be able to advise me? 

Many thanks

Mike. 

Thank you, Scott.  Nice to be here.  And you're welcome for the info.  As time allows I will be updating My photo albums.  Tj

Thank You Scott ! I look forward to selling all my Nat Geos.

Let me rephrase that; I look forward to the financial benefit of selling them.

I don't look forward to being without them, but I need to sell them.

Thanks for the suggestions!

THAT I DIDN'T KNOW!  HOW VERY COOL!  Thanks!

Scott,

There were three ships named Yankee, a Ketch, a Brigantine, and a Schooner cover in the pages of the Nat Geo.  The first and third images you posted were of the Ketch, the correct ship, but the middle image is of the Brigandine. (A lot more sails.)

Thanks Scott for the kind comment.  Tom Wilson alerted me to the treasure trove of images posted by Phil Riviere, including most of the maps that are in the articles of the old magazines.  So what I am doing is largely repeating what he did.  I guess what I am adding are some maps that were missing from his collection, and I am titling them just as they were in the original issue (for better searching), and I am putting them together in their own albums.  So maybe I am not adding that much to what Phil did.  Still I am glad you liked it.  I love history, and I love maps even more, so I am enjoying this project immensely.  One recent map I copied is "The New Germany As Limited by the Peace Treaty" from June 1919.  That map has a lot to do with the reasons for the outbreak of WWII, so I am going to read the article that goes with that one.  I want to flesh out more of what I already know of that map.  And I am curious if and how much that article presages the war that comes 20 years later.  Take care.  Bill

Hello Scott, I finished the in article maps from NG issues from the 1910s.  Phew!  Only 12+ more decades to go ?!?  You are right.  That decade is rich in exploration and discovery, history too.  Take Care.  Bill

Thanks Scott! I love having them to show my nephew a slice of life of the past. There needs to be some context for very early issues, but it's all important!