National Geographic Back Issues. Free Online, 1889-2007. “National Geographic Magazine, the flagship magazine of the National Geographic Society, chronicles exploration and adventure, as well as changes that impact life on Earth.” – National Geographic Magazine.
When you click to open a 6-month volume of National Geographic, the metadata at the bottom of the screen will give the publication date as 1959. That is not correct. Look at the magazine covers for the dates.
Every 6-month volume of National Geographic magazine back issues has a table of contents and index at the front. See the link below this note for an alphabetical index covering all issues of the magazine through 1988.
The photographic images of these magazine back issues are often dark. You can lighten them somewhat with the ‘Visual Adjustments’, found at the ellipse at the left edge of the screen when you open a volume.
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National Geographic Magazine Back Issues Index 1888-1998
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1900 – 1901 – 1902 – 1903 – 1904 – 1905 – 1906 – 1907 – 1908 – 1909
1910 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1911 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1912 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1913 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1914 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1915 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1916 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1917 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1918 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1919 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1920 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1921 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1922 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1924 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1925 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1926 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1927 – Jan-Jun -1928 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1929 – Jan-Jun
1930 – Jan-Jun – 1931 – Jan-Jun
1932 – Jul-Dec – 1933 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1934 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1935 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1936 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1937 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1938 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1939 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1940 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1941 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1942 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1944 – Jan-Jun – 1945 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1946 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1947 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1948 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1949 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1950 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1951 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1952 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1954 – Jan-Jun
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1957 – Jul-Dec – 1958 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1960 – Jul-Dec – 1961 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1962 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1963 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1964 – Jul-Dec – 1965 – Jan-Jun – 1966 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1968 – Jan-Jun – 1969 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1970 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1971 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1972 – Jan-Jun
1975 – Jul-Dec
1977 – Jan-Jun – 1978 – Jan-Jun – 1979 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1980 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1981 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1982 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1983 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1984 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1985 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1986 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1987 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1988 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1989 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1990 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1991 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
1992 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1993 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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1994 – Jul-Dec – 1995 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1996 – Jan-Jun
1997 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1998 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 1999 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
2000 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 2001 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
2002 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 2003 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
2004 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 2005 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec – 2006 – Jan-Jun – Jul-Dec
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