Harriet Chalmers Adams was not only a tremendous traveler, but a very prolific writer. She wrote many articles for National Geographic, which is somewhat ironic in that, as a woman, she could not become a member of the National Geographic Society! Visit your local library or used magazine dealer to find out more about the travels of Harriet Chalmers Adams!

“Picturesque Paramaribo.” National Geographic 18 (June 1907): 365-73

“East Indians in … Trinidad.” National Geographic 18 (July 1907): 485-91

“Along the Old Inca Highway.” National Geographic 19 (Apr. 1908): 231-50

“Peru’s Unknown Montana.” Tropical and Subtropical America 1 (May 1908): 167-72

“Some Wonderful Sights in the Andean Highlands.” National Geographic 19 (Sep 1908): 597-618

“Cuzco.” National Geographic 19 (Oct 1908): 669-89

“Kaleidoscopic La Paz.” National Geographic 20 (Feb 1909): 119-41

“The First Transandine Railroad from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso.” National Geographic 21 (May 1910): 397-417

“A Solenodon Paradoxus Brandt.” New York Zoological Society Bulletin 41 (Sep 1910)

(With Franklin Adams) “The Liberation of Bolivia.” Review of Reviews 47 (Jan 1913): 67-78

“Snapshots of Philippine America.” World’s Work 28 (May 1914): 31-42

“Go Home and Look for Work.” Harpers Weekly (August 29, 1914)

“Iguazu, Niagara’s Mate.” Bulletin of the Pan American Union 39 (Sept 1914): 364-77

“Star-Spangled Banner Guardians.” World Outlook (Feb 1915)

“Uncle Sam’s White Magic.” World Outlook (April 1915)

“Espana Pacifica y Prospera.” World’s Work (Oct 1915)

“Sidelights on Latin-American Trade.” World Outlook 1 (Nov 1915)

“Pathfinders and Placemakers.” World Outlook 2 (Apr 1916): 2

“The Women of the Other Americas.” Ladies Home Journal 33 (Oct 1916): 15, 102-110

“Sliding off the World’s Roof.” Ladies Home Journal 33 (Nov 1916): 13, 86-90

“Wonderful Falls of Iguazu.” The Sister Republics (Dec 1916)

“In French Lorraine.” National Geographic 32 (Nov 1917): 449-518

“Rio de Janeiro in the Land of Lure.” National Geographic 38 (Sept 1920): 165-210

“Grand Canyon Bridge.” National Geographic 39 (June 1921): 645-50

“Volcano-Girded Salvador.” National Geographic 41 (Feb 1922): 188-200

“A Longitudinal Journey thru Chile.” National Geographic 41 (Feb 1922): 219-73

“Our Andean Adventures.” Wide World (Mar 1924): 461-70

“Adventurous Sons of Cadiz.” National Geographic 46 (Aug 1924): 153-204

“The Truth about Spain and Primo de Rivera.” Review of Reviews 71 (Jan 1925): 69-72

“Across French and Spanish Morocco.” National Geographic 47 (Mar 1925): 327-56

“Altitudinal Journey through Portugal.” National Geographic 52 (Nov 1927): 567-610

“Barcelona, Pride of the Catalans.” National Geographic 55 (Mar 1929): 373-402

“Cirenaica, Eastern Wing of Italian Libia.” National Geographic 57 (June 1930): 689-726

“Madrid out of Doors.” National Geographic 60 (Aug 1931): 225-56

“River-Encircled Paraguay.” National Geographic 63 (Apr 1933): 385-416

“Madeira the Fluorescent.” National Geographic 66 (July 1934): 81-106

“European Outpost: The Azores.” National Geographic 67 (Jan 1935): 34-66

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