学会的宗旨很明确,为了增进与传播地理学知识。1888年1月13日他们在华盛顿特区成立了国家地理学会。学会的活动之一,是很早起来乘空中吊车到Norfblk,Va.,集体游览,观察日蚀。John WesleyPowell,一位国内战争英雄、地质学家和学会的创建会员,他领导一支探险队首次漂流Colorado河。曾任学会的第二任主席Altxandar Graham Bell从前这样说过,“地球及其中的全部内容都是我们研究的题目”。 The purpose of the Society is clear, in order to promote and spread geography knowledge. January 13, 1888 They established the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. One of the activities learned is to get up early by air to the Norfblk, Va., Group excursions, observing solar eclipse. John Wesley Powell, a founding member of a national war hero, geologist and society, led an expedition for the first time to drifting the Colorado River. As Altxandar Graham Bell, former president of the Institute, once said, “The Earth and its entire contents are the topics of our study.”