Chapter 554 553. National Geographic (2)

Inside the box are books, all books, magazines arranged as a whole.

The covers of these magazines, with their bright yellow borders and laurel patterns, are fairly well preserved and arranged by publication period.

Li Du also knows the names of these magazines without looking at the titles of the books, "National Geographic", a set of magazines with the largest circulation and the greatest reputation in the United States and even in the world.

The magazine that the bugs got into this box belongs to the year 2000, and on the cover it says "Hidden Shadows?" Rare images unravel the mystery of the snow leopard", "Island Paradise: Exploring Europe's Sea Eden" and other titles.

Across the books, there are magazines from other years in the box, 2001, 2002, 2003 and partly 2004.

These books made Li Du's eyes stop for a second. "National Geographic" is a set of high-quality magazines with rich content and precious influential materials. Li Du has been reading it all the time. Reading this kind of magazine can enrich people's life. vision.

The specific year of the magazines he read recently was miscellaneous, and they were all obtained from the warehouse. They were of no value, so he left them to read.

Different from the magazines he got in the past, the magazines in this warehouse are more valuable, because they are serial issues with closely linked issue numbers, and some people will be willing to collect them.

Li Du controlled the little flying insect to fly out. There was no youth who stole the basketball in the warehouse, so he was going to take the little flying insect away.

But Xiao Chongfei looked down from mid-air, and he found that there were a lot of cardboard boxes in the warehouse, all of which were carefully and tightly wrapped with tape.

Associating with the magazines he saw earlier, his heart moved, and he arranged for the little flying insects to fly into other boxes to read.

It is still the cover with a yellow border and a laurel pattern. These magazines are still "National Geographic", and the issue numbers are still closely linked. This box contains magazines from the five years of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. .

A lot of books!

The other boxes are "National Geographic" magazines. All the boxes are this kind of magazines. Counting from the last few years, there are more than 20 boxes, covering a history of more than 100 years!

Little flying insects shuttled through these boxes. Li Du felt like he was watching a historical documentary. He found magazines from the 1980s, the 1960s, and the 1950s and 1940s. , the 1930s...

Finally, he found a small magazine wrapped in plastic wrap. Unlike the beautiful covers with yellow borders, this one has a pink cover with a number in the upper right corner: 1888.10.

Li Du, who is familiar with National Geographic magazine, looked at this thin booklet in surprise. If he remembers correctly, this is the first issue of National Geographic magazine!

The little flying insect flew to the back of the magazine, and there was a faint trace of the pen signature on it, and a series of names were arranged on it: John Wesley Powell, Adolphus W Greeley...

Li Du is not familiar with these names, and modern people are not familiar with these names, but he searched the Internet with his mobile phone, and only then did he know how famous these people were in their era!

John Wesley Powell took the lead in exploring the Grand Canyon of Colorado and was a well-known wetland and water resource explorer in the United States at that time; Adolphus W. Greeley was the first fierce man to conduct polar exploration, known as the "Ice and Snow Warrior" '...

These people have another identity, the founder of "National Geographic" magazine, the earliest members of the "Universe Club".

The first article in this pink booklet is called "Classification of Geographical Structures by Cause," and is signed W-J-Mackie.

Unlike the later magazines, there is not a single photo in the first issue, it is all text and data, the printing is simple, but the analysis is rigorous.

For more than ten years after the publication of "National Geographic", none of the magazines produced had images, because in the academic world at that time, photographs meant superficiality.

Until 1905, Grosvenor, then president of the magazine, risked his dismissal, and inserted 11 photos taken by Russian explorers at XZLS in the current issue of National Geographic.

In the same box as the first issue of the magazine, Li Du found this magazine. The photos of LS city on it were in black and white.

Browsing these magazines, Li Du took a deep breath.

He took back the little flying insect, and then stared at the warehouse, feeling a little excited.

To be honest, he wanted the magazines, they were too precious, but that wasn't why he wanted them, and if he could get the books, he wouldn't sell them.

"National Geographic" is not so much a magazine as an encyclopedia. The full set of magazines has brought together the best adventurers, scientists and photographers in the world for more than a hundred years.

This set of magazines does not simply introduce scenery and customs, but also connects ordinary people with all things on earth, deep sea peaks, and stars in the universe. For those who love nature and life, this set of magazines is a divine book!

Especially the first issue, only 200 copies were printed in October 1888, and they were not sold. Instead, after all the founders signed their names, they were solemnly mailed to those who supported their career at that time.

More than 120 years have passed, and this inaugural issue has become extremely rare. When Li Du checked online, only the headquarters of the "Universe Club" in Washington still kept two copies.

In addition, there was a copy on the Internet, which was auctioned on E-bay, and the transaction price was 400,000 US dollars.

Eventually the book was found to be not the original, but a later reprint.

Even so, the book eventually sold for a high price of 50,000 yuan, and reprints of the first issue are rare.

Li Du didn't know who these magazines belonged to, but it could be judged that its owner didn't pay much attention to it.

These boxes were randomly stacked in the warehouse. The surfaces of the boxes were covered with dust. Some boxes were bitten by moths and rats, damp and pressed, and the magazines were already damaged.

He thought for a while, guessing that the owner of the warehouse should not know the value of the magazines inside, maybe he has a way to buy all the contents inside.

Seeing him standing there motionless, Hans asked, "What's the matter with you? Are you sick?"

Li Du came back to his senses, and then raised his middle finger at him: "Fake is there, you are sick, go, continue to look for that bastard, he must be in these few houses."

Ah Ao was strolling on the street, then sniffled when passing a small garden, and suddenly screamed excitedly.

Li Du released the little flying insects into the house where the garden belonged, and there was no one in it, but when the little flying insects flew out, he saw a person in the doghouse in the garden...