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This issue was the first all-colour print magazine published in the U. S. It was edited by Melville Bell Grosvenor, who was Alexander Graham Bell’s grandson. Cover shot by Jerry Greenberg.
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The year is 1962 and America has just launched a man into space. The issue covered the trajectory of Mercury-Atlas 6, the first American orbital spaceflight, piloted by astronaut John Glenn. It also carries the first advertisement of a warning issued by the Wall Street Journal regarding the Flash Crash of 1962—the first market crash after the Great Depression (1929).
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Covered in this issue, was the maiden voyage of the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship, Savannah. Each copy was supplemented with a detailed atlas plate of the Washington-Boston region in the USA, drawn by the in-house cartography division.
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This issue covered tales of the Pacific Ocean and New Zealand. Each copy was supplemented with one of NAT GEO’s famous maps, which details the Pacific Region vividly. The cover image was created by the legendary photographer and explorer Luis Marden, one of the most prolific editors-in-chief the magazine ever had.
