Vintage NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.161 No. 2 February 1982

A Vintage copy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.161 No. 2 February 1982

Featuring:

Napoleon

John J. Putman retraces the life and campaigns of the brilliant opportunist who made all Europe tremble as he lifted France to unprecedented power and glory only to die in lonely, bitter exile. Photographs by Gordon W. Gahan.

Egypt's Desert of Promise

Underground water may someday green half a million acres of the Western Desert, driest part of the Sahara. Geologist Farouk El-Baz and photographer Georg Gerster report on the strategic wasteland between Libya and the Nile.

The Nectar Connection

Hummingbirds make a beeline for flowers that offer a sweet reward with a liberal dusting of pollen. Biologist Paul W. Ewald and photographer Robert A. Tyrrell show how bird and blossom exchange favors.

Treasure From the Ghost Galleon

Veteran salvor Mel Fisher pursues his search for sunken treasure off Florida's Marquesas Keys. Despite legal battles and personal losses, he finds the Santa Margarita, a golden galleon whose total value may reach 20 million dollars. Text by Eugene Lyon, photographs by Don Kincaid.

Nomads of China's West

Journeying to China's remote Qinghai Province to climb 20,610-foot Anyemaqen, Galen Rowell and photographer Harold A. Knutson also visit the fiercely independent Golog people.

Palau's Strange Salt Lakes

Mystifying oceans-in-miniature lure marine biologist William M. Hamner and photographer David Doubilet to this Pacific archipelago.

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