National Geographic - September 1992, Vol. 182, No. 3
Dolphins in Crisis (In the past decade millions of these
intelligent marine mammals have been drowned in nets or poisoned by polluted
waters. Now the world acts to protect them.)
Pushkin (Ushering in
a golden age of literature, Russian’s beloved Alexander Pushkin has always been
more than a poet to his countrymen.)
African Slave Trade:
The Cruelest Commerce (Three and a half centuries of greed brought 10 to 12
million enslaved Africans to the Americas. Their descendants reach back to
touch the horrific past.)
Minnesota Memoir: A
Life Time of Lakes, Article and photographs by William Albert Allard (A native
son returns to the lake country of his youth and finds once sleepy fishing
camps yielding to upscale resorts. The walleyes still bite, but solitude is a
rare catch.)
Mural Masterpieces of
Ancient Cacaxtla (Vivid wall paintings unearthed in central Mexico depict
gruesome sacrifices and mythical creatures, offering a glimpse of a long-lost
culture of warrior merchants.)
dolphins; Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet; slave trade;
Minnesota lakes; Cacaxtla murals in Mexico.