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National Geographic : 1993 Nov
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC NOVEMBER 1993 Taiwan By Arthur Zich Photographsby Jodi Cobb Kodiak, Alaska's Island Refuge By John L. Eliot Photographsby George F. Mobley The Desert Sea Text andphotographs by David Doubilet New Light on the Olmec By George E. Stuart Photographsby Kenneth Garrett Bird of White Waters By Douglas H. Chadwick Photographsby Bates Littlehales Chinese Nationalistsmade an impoverished island off the China coast a bastion againstmainland communism. Taiwan has since become an economic power house-andnow a democracy. 2 Famousfor brown bears that spar over spawningsalmon, Kodiak witnesses a new fight: Native Alu tiiq are tangling with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the right to develop traditionallands. 34 Sandwiched between the dry shores of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea presents a vast aquarium offlamboyant spe cies, many found nowhere else. 60 The once mysterious Olmec are emergingfrom the shadowy past. Archaeologistshave uncovered exciting new artifacts and reinter preted older ones from Meso america'sfirstgreat civilization. 88 The harlequinduck, plying swift mountain cascades and exploding breakersalong NorthAmerica's rocky northern shores,faces a rough ride as itspristine wilder ness habitaterodes. 116 COVER: Bold white stripes of a juvenile emperor angelfish will turn to gold when this Red Sea reef dweller reaches adulthood. Photographby DavidDoubilet. ® Coverprinted on recycled-contentpaper. FOR MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION CALL 1-800-638-4077 (TDD: 1-800-548-9797)
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