American Geographical Society

Large societies, such as the American Geographical Society, the National Geographic Society, and the Royal Geographical Society, play important roles in addition to being centres of reference as noted above. The National Geographic Society produces popular small-scale maps of the various regions of the world. The American Geographical Society has…

…educator who helped establish the American Geographical Society’s international standing during his 20 years as its director.

As director of the American Geographical Society (1915–35), he oversaw cartographic and other geographical work preparatory to the Paris Peace Conference (1919–20), which he attended, following World War I.

The American Geographical Society compiled data and published detailed maps of this vast region.