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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



ocean by day and only the illimitable stars 



by night. The navigator passes the word 

 that at a certain hour a light should be 

 visible dead ahead, and all eyes are eagerly 

 strained to see the light sooner. Then 

 follows a thrill when the cry of "Light 

 dead ahead, sir," comes ringing down 

 from aloft. How much greater the thrill 

 when the light points the way to our own 

 home port, after an absence of over two 

 years ! 



The purposes of these expeditions could 

 not have been accomplished without the 

 splendid perseverance in the face of diffi- 

 culties and hardships and the hearty spirit 

 of loyalty and cooperation shown by every 

 member of the various parties. 



We had seen many interesting places 

 and had met many strange people, yet 

 the sight of our own home land and of 

 the loved ones who were awaiting our 



return was a very welcome end to our 

 travels, and we decided that no other 



country could ever take the place of our 

 own. 



A large amount of magnetic, atmos- 

 pheric-electric, meteorological, and geo- 

 graphical data was obtained. Observa- 

 tions were made daily, no matter what 

 the conditions — fair weather or stormy, 

 whether the vessel was hove to in a gale. 

 running before the storm like a frightened 

 bird, or drifting aimlessly in a calm. 

 Everyone was busy each day from morn- 

 ing until nightfall. 



Within a week after arriving at any 

 port the completed results were on their 

 way to Washington, where they were 

 forwarded, free of charge, to the different 

 hydrographic bureaus of the world for 

 use in the preparation of their nautical 

 charts and publications. 



THE SOCIETY'S NEW MAP OF THE WORLD 



WITH this issue of its Magazine, 

 the National Geographic ySociety 

 presents to its members a New 

 Map of the World — the third of a series 

 of handsome wall maps in colors issued as 

 supplements with The Geographic dur- 

 ing 1922 and the seventh since February, 

 1 92 1, representing an expenditure of more 

 than $200,000. 



The World Map is the product of sev- 

 eral years of research and labor. It is 

 drawn on a specially devised projection, 

 which materially reduces distortions of 

 size and shape, the most serious defects in 

 the familiar Mercator projection. An 

 additional advantage of the present prod- 

 uct over most wall maps of the world is 

 the presentation of the Pacific Ocean in 

 its entirety, thus enabling the user to ob- 

 tain a clear idea of the extent of the man- 

 dates and island possessions in the South 

 Pacific. 



The several mandates are clearly dis- 

 tinguished from colonial possessions by 

 the use of striped lines, which do not indi- 

 cate the exact water boundaries of the 

 mandates, but merely include the islands 



affected by each. Mandated areas in 

 Africa are similarly indicated by diagonal 

 stripes in the color of the country exer- 

 cising the mandate (see also The Society's 

 large Map of Africa issued in October, 

 1922). 



In South America areas in dispute be- 

 tween Peru and Ecuador, Peru and Co- 

 lombia, and Colombia and Venezuela are 

 indicated by alternate colors of the coun- 

 tries affected. 



The inset maps of the Polar Regions, 

 in the upper corners of the map, will prove 

 of special value to readers interested in 

 Arctic and Antarctic explorations, while 

 the charts showing density of population 

 and prevailing winds, ocean currents, and 

 vegetation will prove useful for ready 

 reference. 



The Society's next supplement will be 

 a splendid wall map of the United States, 

 of convenient size, to be issued with. an 

 early number of The Geographic. 



Additional copies of the Map of the 

 World may be obtained from the head- 

 quarters of The Society in Washington — ■ 

 paper, $1.00; on map linen, $1.50. 



