Vintage NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.162 No. 2 August 1982

A Vintage copy of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine Vol.162 No. 2 August 1982

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Nation in the Making

Its people think of it as a center of the world, says Professor Robert J. Gordon, describing a little-known, surprising South Pacific country on a...

Journey Through Time

Only seven years a nation, Papua New Guinea makes slow but steady progress from Stone Age tribalism toward self-reliance and a national identity. François Leydet and photographer David Austen travel from jungled coast to isolated mountain villages.

Florida: A Time for Reckoning

From palmy Key West to high-rise Jacksonville, from Deep South Panhandle to St. Petersburg's park benches, Florida still beckons to a host of newcomers-including, these days, those who bring problems rather than pensions. William S. Ellis reports on a playground state in trouble; photographs by Nathan Benn and Kevin Fleming.

Plight of the Bluefin Tuna

Michael J. A. Butler assesses the future of this fast, powerful fish prized by Japanese as an epicurean delight. Artist Stanley Meltzoff and photographer David Doubilet portray "these magnificent beasts."

Paraguay, South American Paradox

Boom times replace economic doldrums and relative calm prevails in a region known for political turbulence. Gordon Young reports on Latin America's longest lived dictatorship, with photographs by O. Louis Mazzatenta.

Melville Bell Grosvenor's Legacy

"The Geographic took off like a rocket with Melville at the helm." Colleagues' remembrances fill Bart McDowell's tribute to the former Editor, President, and Chairman of the Board of the Society, whose zestful life spanned 80 years.

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