Complete (one map missing: Middle East) original U.S. run of National Geographic Magazine, Volume 158, Nos. 1-6, July through December 1980, with the original accompanying maps and supplements present. The richly illustrated issues cover subjects from ancient Bulgarian treasures, Shanghai, the Pony Express, Uganda and giant otters to water resources, Milwaukee, Veracruz and Bordeaux. Later issues explore the Middle East, bamboo, Chesapeake Bay, the Pompidou Center, South American gauchos and Albania, as well as Windsor Castle and Arnhem. The December issue examines the conflict between coal development and parklands in the American Southwest, political change in Portugal, the pilgrimage centre of Fátima and the jackals of the Serengeti. The volume includes important cartographic supplements on China, the Middle East, Mexico, Central America and the Aztec world.

National Geographic Magazine (Volume 158, Nos. 1-6, July-December 1980)