Khipha wonke amagama abantu embhalweni ongezansi ahlukaniswe ngamakhoma futhi ahlelwe ngokulandelana kwama-alfabhethi ngegama lokuqala
Context:Ngaphandle kokwaziwa kakhulu ngezihloko ezikhuluma ngezindawo, umlando nezindawo ezikude kakhulu zomhlaba, lo magazini uye wahlonishwa ngekhwalithi yawo efana neyezincwadi nezinga eliphakeme lezithombe zawo. Kwakuphakathi nesikhathi sikaMongameli weNhlangano u-Alexander Graham Bell kanye nomhleli uGilbert H. Grosvenor (GHG) lapho ukubaluleka komfanekiso kwaqokonyiswa khona okokuqala, naphezu kokugxekwa okuvela kwabanye beBhodi Labaphathi ababebheka imifanekiso eminingi njengesibonakaliso somqondo "ongeyona yesayensi" we-geography. Ngo-1910, izithombe zase ziwuphawu lokuthengisa lwalo magazini futhi uGrosvenor wayehlale efuna "izithombe ezinamandla" njengoba uGraham Bell azibiza kanjalo, ikakhulukazi lezo ezazinikeza umuzwa wokunyakaza esithombeni esimile. Ngo-1915, i-GHG yaqala ukwakha iqembu labathwebuli bezithombe futhi ibanikeze amathuluzi athuthukile kufaka phakathi igumbi elimnyama lakamuva. Lo magazini waqala ukufaka amakhasi athile wezithombe ezinemibala ekuqaleni kwawo-1930, lapho lobu buchwepheshe babusathuthuka. Maphakathi nawo-1930, uLuis Marden (1913<unk>2003), umbhali nomthwebuli wezithombe weNational Geographic, waqinisekisa umagazini ukuthi uvumele abathwebuli bawo bezithombe ukuthi basebenzise lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ama-miniature" amakhamera ka-35 mm kaLeica agcwele ifilimu yeKodachrome ngaphezu kwamakhamera amakhulu anamapuleti engilazi asindayo adinga ukusetshenziswa kwama-tripod. Ngo-1959, umagazini waqala ukushicilela izithombe ezincane esembozweni sawo, kamuva waba izithombe ezinkulu. Ngokushesha i-National Geographic yashintshela ezithombeni ezidijithali umagazini wayo ophrintiwe kanye newebhusayithi yayo. Eminyakeni eyalandela, isembozo, nakuba sasilokhu sinomngcele waso ophuzi, sasishiya umhlobiso waso onamaqabunga e - oak nethebula lezinto eziqukethwe, ukuze kube nesithombe sekhasi eliphelele esithathwe kwesinye sezihloko zenyanga. Izihloko ze-National Geographic zivame ukugcinwa ababhalisile iminyaka eminingi bese zithengiswa ezitolo ezidayisa izinto esezisetshenzisiwe njengezinto eziqoqekayo. Izinga lezithombe liye lahlala liphakeme emashumini eminyaka alandelayo futhi umagazini usakhonjiswa ngezithombe zezithombe ezisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngo-2006, iNational Geographic yaqala umncintiswano wezithombe wamazwe ngamazwe, owawuhlanganisa amazwe angaphezu kwayishumi nesishiyagalombili.
U-Alexander Graham Bell, uGilbert H. Grosvenor, uLuis Marden