Excerpt from The Geographical Review, Vol. 4
The objects of the American Geographical Society are to collect and disseminate geographical information by discussion, lectures, and publications; to establish in the chief city of the United States a place where may be obtained accurate information on every part of the globe; and to encourage such exploring expeditions as seem likely to result in valuable discoveries in geography and the related sciences.
The American Geographical Society is the oldest geographical society in the United States. When it was founded, in 1852, there were but twelve similar societies in the world. Now it exchanges publications with more than four hundred scientific associations. The Society issues a monthly magazine of unusual interest called The Geographical Review. It has also a large and growing library - one of the most important geographical libraries of the world; thousands of maps and charts; and a remarkable collection of atlases of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.
Travelers, men of science, and others properly accredited are welcome at the rooms of the Society and may freely use the book and map collections.
Two gold medals have been founded by the Society, the Cullum Geographical Medal and the Charles P. Daly Medal, which are awarded from time to time to explorers, writers, and men of science who have contributed to the advance of geographical knowledge.
In addition it awards the David Livingstone Centenary Medal, founded by the Hispanic Society of America.
The qualifications for Fellowship are an interest in exploration and travel, in the spread of geographical knowledge, and in the advancement of science.
A Fellow is entitled to the use of the Library, Reading and Map Rooms; to admission to all lectures and exhibitions; and to the Society"s current publications, which include, besides the magazine, occasional books and maps.
The annual dues are ten dollars.
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