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National Geographic Society  

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  • The National Geographic Society has a wide-ranging impact on how Americans—and the world—understand geography, tying its mission of diffusing geographic knowledge to human fascination with exploration, travel, and adventure. The society both represents and shapes cultural understandings of geography in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; National Geographic Society]

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