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National Geographic Magazine

Washington, D.C., USA, 1888–present (Publication)

National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine) is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. Its first publication was in September of 1888, nine months after the society was founded. To advance the mission of the society as well as to help fund it, the magazine publishes articles on a monthly basis focusing on science, geography, history, and world cultures. With an original viewer base of fewer than two hundred subscribers, the magazine now reaches over 40 million people every month.

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