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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - SEPTEMBER 1990
| Kategorie: | Knihy / Časopisy, sborníky |
| Nakladatelství: | National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. |
| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
| Další informace: | Vol. 178, No. 3. anglická verze. New Life for Ellis Island Echoing with the footsteps of the millions of immigrants who passed through its portals, the Main Building of Ellis Island in New York Harbor reopens as a museum after a multimillion- dollar restoration. By Alice J. Hall, with photographs by Joe McNally. Endangered Old- Growth Forests { Old- Growth Forests: Will We Save Our Own? ; Will We Save Our Endangered Forests? ; Will We Save Our Own? } Falling to the chain saw at the rate of 170 acres a day, the virgin woodlands of the Pacific Northwest - - with their dependent communities of plants and wildlife - - have become a battleground for loggers and environmentalists. As the world decries the Broadway, Street of Dreams Stretching the length of Manhattan before reaching into the suburbs, 21- mile- long Broadway encompasses the glamorous and sometimes harsh realities of life in New York City. Rick Gore and photographer Jodi Cobb encounter both dreams and nightmares along [ Nuestra Señora de la Concepción] On September 20, 1638, one of the largest vessels of its day, heavy- laden with precious cargo, foundered in a gale off the North Mariana Islands. William M. Mathers recounts the saga of the doomed ship and his team's successful effort to salvage it. Ph Track of the Manila Galleons For two and a half centuries, Spain's great merchant sailing ships plied the Pacific Ocean, connecting a far- flung empire. Historian Eugene Lyon traces this trade route between Acapulco, Mexico, and the distant Philippines. Photographs by Sisse Brimber Immigration Today: New York's New Immigrants { Immigration Today} From more than a hundred nations, 90, 000 immigrants arrive in New York City each year - - still the foremost gateway for fledging Americans and a microcosm of the effects of changing immigration policies, Alice Hall reports. Photographs by Pam Spaulding. |
