National Geographic - September 1985, Vol. 168, No. 3
Sichuan: Where China
Changes Course (Traveling through China’s most populous province, Ross Terrill
and photographer Cary Wolinsky discover a new spirit of individualism and
private enterprise flourishing.)
Humboldt’s Way:
Pioneer of Modern Geography (A man of unrivaled curiosity, Alexander von
Humboldt explored Spanish America and wrote towering 19th-century scientific
works. Loren McIntyre follows the German baron’s New World travels from Orinoco
jungles to meetings with President Thomas Jefferson.)
Home to Kansas
Eritrea: Region in
Rebellion (In northern Ethiopia, Marxists fight Marxists in a bloody war whose
only winners are famine and disease. Photojournalist Anthony Suau reports on
the suffering.)
Jason’s Voyage: In
Search of the Golden Fleece (Battling currents treacherous even for tankers,
modern-day Argonauts pass Istanbul as they strain to row up the Bosporus. Journeying
across the Aegean to the Black Sea, adventurer Tim Severin and crew put flesh
on the legendary quest of Jason and the Argonauts. Photographs by John Egan and
Seth Mortimer.)
SICHUAN, CHINA; ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, EXPLORER; KANSAS;
ERITREA, ETHIOPIA; and, JASON and the ARGONAUTS.