A BOOK OF DISCOVERY - The History of the World´s Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

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

Author / Editor: Synge, M. B.

Category: History

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