THE 
National Geographic Magazine, 
PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH, 
lumbers amonor its contributors the followinof well-known writers 
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on the different branches of geographic science : 
^Ir. Cyrus C. Adams, New York. 
Ir. Cyrus Adler, Smithsoiiiau Institution. 
dr. Marcus Baker, U. S. Geological Survey. 
2apt. John R. Bartlett, U. S. N. 
3r. Francis Brown, Union Tlieol. Seminary. 
dr. E. L- Corthell, C. E., New York. 
Dr. Elliott Coues. 
Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing, Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Jr., Assistant Secre- 
tar\- ol Agriculture and rre.sident (on leave) 
of the Tenne.ssee State University. 
Dr. Will. H. Dali, Smithsonian Institution, 
Pres, of the Phil. Society of Washington. 
Dr. George Davidson, President of the Geo- 
graphical Society of the Pacific. 
Mr. Arthur P. Davis, U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Wm. M. Davis, Professor of Pli 3 ’sical Geog- 
raplij- in Harvard University. 
Dr. David T. Day, Chief of the Div. of Mining 
Stati.stics and Technology, U. S- Geol. Sur. 
Mr. J. S. Diller, U. S. Geological Survey’. 
H«m. John W. I'oster, ex-.Secretary of State. 
Mr. Heur}’ Gannett, Chief Topographer, U. S. 
Geol. Sur. and Geographer of i ith Census. 
Mr. (j. K. Gilbert, U. S. Geological Survey, 
Pres, of the Geol. Society of Washington. 
Dc*n. A. W. Greely, U. S. A., Chief Signal 
Officer, War Department. 
lion. Gardiner G. Hubbard, President of the 
National Geographic Society. 
Dr Mark \V. Harrington, President of the Uni- 
versity of the State of Washington. 
Lieut. Everett Hayden, U. vS. N., Secretary of 
tlie National Geographic Society. 
Mr. Wm. H. Holmes, Dir. of the Dept, of .An- 
thropology, l-ield Coluin. Museum, Chicago. 
Dr. Ihnil Holub, Vienna, Austria. 
Dr. Slieldon Jaek.soii, U. S. Commissioner of 
Education for Alaska. 
Mr. George Keiinan. 
Prof. William Dibbey, Jr., Princeton Coll., N. J. 
Prof. W J McGee, Bureau of American Eth- 
nology. 
Mr. John E. McGrath, U. S. Coast Survey. 
Admiral R. W. Meade, U. S. N. 
Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, President of the Poly- 
technic Institute, Worcester, Mass. 
Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist and Mani- 
malogist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Hon. John H. Mitchell, U. S. ,S. 
Prof. W. L- Moore, Chief of Weather Bureau. 
Mr. F'rederick H. Newell, Chief Hydrographer 
of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Herbert G. Ogden, U. S. Coast Survey. 
Lieut. Robert E- Peary, U. S. N. 
Mrs. Robert E. Peary. 
Hon. Geo. C. Perkins, U. S. S. 
Mr. William H. Pickering, Profe.ssorof Astron- 
omy in Harvard University. 
IMajor John W. Powell, Director of the Bureau 
of .American Ethnology and President of the 
Anthropological Society' of Washington. 
Prof. W. B. Powell, vSuperintendent ot Schools, 
District of Columbia. 
Hon. John R. Procter, President of the U. S. 
Civil Service Commission. 
IMr. Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology in 
the Univer.sit)' of Michigan. 
Dr. N. S. vShaler, Professor of Geology in Har- 
vard University. 
Commander Charles D. Sig.sbee, Hydrographer 
to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy' Dept. 
Miss Eliza Ruhaniah Scidmore. 
Commander Z. L- Tanner, U. S. N. 
IMr. I'rank Vincent, New A”ork. 
Hon. Charles D. Walcott, Director of the U. S. 
Geological .Survey. 
Mrs. I'annie B. Ward. 
Mr. Bailey Willis, U. S. Geological Survey. 
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS OF RECENT NUMBERS. 
JANUARY. — Rus.sia in Europe, with maj), Hon. Gardiner G. Iliibb.ird ; The .Arctic Cruise 
of the U. S. Revenue Cutter “Bear,” with illustrations. Dr. Sheldon Jackson; The 
Scope and Value of .Ar<'ti<‘ hixploration, Gen. A. W. Greely. 
FEBRUARY. Venezuela: Her ( lovernment, People, and Boundary, with maj) and illustra- 
tion:', William E. Curtis ; 'fhe Panama Canal Route, with illustrations. Prof. Robert 'f. 
Hill; 'J'he Tehuantepec Shi]) Railway, with ma])S, E. L- Corthell, C. Iv., LL. D. ; 'I’he 
Presimt Slate of the Nicaragu.i Canal, Gen. .\. W. Greely ; Ex])lorations by the Bureau 
of American Ethnology, W J McCree. 
This number contains a map of the valley of the Orinoco, showing the extent 
of territory drained by that waterway and the bearing it has on the Venezuelan 
question, specially compiled for THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
jy T. Heyward Gignilliat. of the U. S. War Department. 
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