National Geographic - January 1992, Vol. 181, No. 1
Search for Columbus (What forces shaped Columbus and spurred
him to brave treacherous seas to seek the Indies? Old manuscripts hold a key to
the mystery of the great mariner.)
La Isabela, Europe’s
First Foothold in the New World (Columbus’s first New World town was abandoned
after only five years, doomed by dissension, disease and famine.)
Africa’s Skeleton
Coast (Sustained by desert springs and Atlantic fog, an unlikely group of
plants and animals cling to a thin line of survival in Namibia.)
Miami (Immigrants
have converted a sleepy, southern city into a vibrant metropolis. But Miami
simmers as ethnic groups compete for the American dream.)
U.S.S. Macon: Lost
and Found (In 1935 a 785-foot Navy dirigible crashed off California. A
fisherman’s catch leads sleuths to the Macon’s murky resting-place.)
Last Refuge of the
Monk Seal (Counting success one animal at a time, wildlife biologists on
distant Hawaiian atolls work to save the rare and reclusive monk seal from
extinction.)
Christopher Columbus; La Isabela, Hispaniola; Skeleton
Coast, Namibia; Miami, Florida; U.S.S. Macon (airship); monk seals.