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A BOOK OF DISCOVERY
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S EXPLORATION, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE FINDING OF THE SOUTH POLE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
A BOOK OF DISCOVERY
CHAPTER I
A LITTLE OLD WORLD
CHAPTER II
EARLY MARINERS
CHAPTER III
IS THE WORLD FLAT?
CHAPTER IV
HERODOTUS—THE TRAVELLER
CHAPTER V
ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXPLORES INDIA
CHAPTER VI
PYTHEAS FINDS THE BRITISH ISLES
CHAPTER VII
JULIUS CÆSAR AS EXPLORER
CHAPTER VIII
STRABO'S GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER IX
THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND PLINY
CHAPTER X
PTOLEMY'S MAPS
CHAPTER XI
PILGRIM TRAVELLERS
CHAPTER XII
IRISH EXPLORERS
CHAPTER XIII
AFTER MOHAMMED
CHAPTER XIV
THE VIKINGS SAIL THE NORTHERN SEAS
CHAPTER XV
ARAB WAYFARERS
CHAPTER XVI
TRAVELLERS TO THE EAST
CHAPTER XVII
MARCO POLO
CHAPTER XVIII
THE END OF MEDIÆVAL EXPLORATION
CHAPTER XIX
MEDIÆVAL MAPS
CHAPTER XX
PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGAL
CHAPTER XXI
BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ REACHES THE STORMY CAPE
CHAPTER XXII
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
CHAPTER XXIII
A GREAT NEW WORLD
CHAPTER XXIV
VASCO DA GAMA REACHES INDIA
CHAPTER XXV
DISCOVERY OF THE SPICE ISLANDS
CHAPTER XXVI
BALBOA SEES THE PACIFIC OCEAN
CHAPTER XXVII
MAGELLAN SAILS ROUND THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXVIII
CORTES EXPLORES AND CONQUERS MEXICO
CHAPTER XXIX
EXPLORERS IN SOUTH AMERICA
CHAPTER XXX
CABOT SAILS TO NEWFOUNDLAND
CHAPTER XXXI
JACQUES CARTIER EXPLORES CANADA
CHAPTER XXXII
SEARCH FOR A NORTH-EAST PASSAGE
CHAPTER XXXIII
MARTIN FROBISHER SEARCHES FOR A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE
CHAPTER XXXIV
DRAKE'S FAMOUS VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXXV
DAVIS STRAIT
CHAPTER XXXVI
BARENTS SAILS TO SPITZBERGEN
CHAPTER XXXVII
HUDSON FINDS HIS BAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
BAFFIN FINDS HIS BAY
CHAPTER XXXIX
SIR WALTER RALEIGH SEARCHES FOR EL DORADO
CHAPTER XL
CHAMPLAIN DISCOVERS LAKE ONTARIO
CHAPTER XLI
EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER XLII
TASMAN FINDS TASMANIA
CHAPTER XLIII
DAMPIER DISCOVERS HIS STRAIT
CHAPTER XLIV
BEHRING FINDS HIS STRAIT
CHAPTER XLV
COOK DISCOVERS NEW ZEALAND
CHAPTER XLVI
COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE AND DEATH
CHAPTER XLVII
BRUCE'S TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA
CHAPTER XLVIII
MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER
CHAPTER XLIX
VANCOUVER DISCOVERS HIS ISLAND
CHAPTER L
MACKENZIE AND HIS RIVER
CHAPTER LI
PARRY DISCOVERS LANCASTER SOUND
CHAPTER LII
THE FROZEN NORTH
CHAPTER LIII
FRANKLIN'S LAND JOURNEY TO THE NORTH
CHAPTER LIV
PARRY'S POLAR VOYAGE
CHAPTER LV
THE SEARCH FOR TIMBUKTU
CHAPTER LVI
RICHARD AND JOHN LANDER DISCOVER THE MOUTH OF THE NIGER
CHAPTER LVII
ROSS DISCOVERS THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE
CHAPTER LVIII
FLINDERS NAMES AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER LIX
STURT'S DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER LX
ROSS MAKES DISCOVERIES IN THE ANTARCTIC SEAS
CHAPTER LXI
FRANKLIN DISCOVERS THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE
CHAPTER LXII
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
CHAPTER LXIII
BURTON AND SPEKE IN CENTRAL AFRICA
CHAPTER LXIV
LIVINGSTONE TRACES LAKE SHIRWA AND NYASSA
CHAPTER LXV
EXPEDITION TO VICTORIA NYANZA
CHAPTER LXVI
BAKER FINDS ALBERT NYANZA
CHAPTER LXVII
LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNEY
CHAPTER LXVIII
THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT
CHAPTER LXIX
NORDENSKIÖLD ACCOMPLISHES THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE
CHAPTER LXX
THE EXPLORATION OF TIBET
CHAPTER LXXI
NANSEN REACHES FARTHEST NORTH
CHAPTER LXXII
PEARY REACHES THE NORTH POLE
CHAPTER LXXIII
THE QUEST FOR THE SOUTH POLE
DATES OF CHIEF EVENTS
INDEX
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