National Geographic Magazine – august 1977 Vol. 152 No. 2

National Geographic Magazine – August 1977 Vol. 152 No. 2

A vintage August 1977 issue of National Geographic featuring an aviation-themed cover and lead story on air safety. Inside are features exploring West Germany, Wisconsin’s Ice Age landscape, penguins, the Soviet Union, life in India and the transition to the metric system.

Product Features

• Size: approx. 17.5 × 25.3cm

• Material: printed paper; softcover magazine

• Volume 152, No. 2; published August 1977 by the National Geographic Society

• Vintage pre-owned copy with significant age-related wear, including writing, scuffs, marks, creasing and damage around the cover edges

Fun Fact: The metre was originally defined in 1791 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a meridian.