A Book of Discovery: The History of the World’s Exploration, from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole [Illustrated] Limited Offer

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This edition features • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index • 188 illustrationsCONTENTSI. A LITTLE OLD WORLDII. EARLY MARINERSIII. IS THE WORLD FLAT?IV. HERODOTUS—THE TRAVELLERV. ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXPLORES INDIAVI. PYTHEAS FINDS THE BRITISH ISLESVII. JULIUS CÆSAR AS EXPLORERVIII. STRABO’S GEOGRAPHYIX. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND PLINYX. PTOLEMY’S MAPSXI. PILGRIM TRAVELLERSXII. IRISH EXPLORERSXIII. AFTER MOHAMMEDXIV. THE VIKINGS SAIL THE NORTHERN SEASXV. ARAB WAYFARERSXVI. TRAVELLERS TO THE EASTXVII. MARCO POLOXVIII. THE END OF MEDIÆVAL EXPLORATIONXIX. MEDIÆVAL MAPSXX. PRINCE HENRY OF PORTUGALXXI. BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ REACHES THE STORMY CAPEXXII. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUSXXIII. A GREAT NEW WORLDXXIV. VASCO DA GAMA REACHES INDIAXXV. DISCOVERY OF THE SPICE ISLANDSXXVI. BALBOA SEES THE PACIFIC OCEANXXVII. MAGELLAN SAILS ROUND THE WORLDXXVIII. CORTES EXPLORES AND CONQUERS MEXICOXXIX. EXPLORERS IN SOUTH AMERICAXXX. CABOT SAILS TO NEWFOUNDLANDXXXI. JACQUES CARTIER EXPLORES CANADAXXXII. SEARCH FOR A NORTH-EAST PASSAGEXXXIII. MARTIN FROBISHER SEARCHES FOR A NORTH-WEST PASSAGEXXXIV. DRAKE’S FAMOUS VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLDXXXV. DAVIS STRAITXXXVI. BARENTS SAILS TO SPITZBERGENXXXVII. HUDSON FINDS HIS BAYXXXVIII. BAFFIN FINDS HIS BAYXXXIX. SIR WALTER RALEIGH SEARCHES FOR EL DORADOXL. CHAMPLAIN DISCOVERS LAKE ONTARIOXLI. EARLY DISCOVERERS OF AUSTRALIAXLII. TASMAN FINDS TASMANIAXLIII. DAMPIER DISCOVERS HIS STRAITXLIV. BEHRING FINDS HIS STRAITXLV. COOK DISCOVERS NEW ZEALANDXLVI. COOK’S THIRD VOYAGE AND DEATHXLVII. BRUCE’S TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIAXLVIII. MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGERXLIX. VANCOUVER DISCOVERS HIS ISLANDL. MACKENZIE AND HIS RIVERLI. PARRY DISCOVERS LANCASTER SOUNDLII. THE FROZEN NORTHLIII. FRANKLIN’S LAND JOURNEY TO THE NORTHLIV. PARRY’S POLAR VOYAGELV. THE SEARCH FOR TIMBUKTULVI. RICHARD AND JOHN LANDER DISCOVER THE MOUTH OF THE NIGERLVII. ROSS DISCOVERS THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLELVIII. FLINDERS NAMES AUSTRALIALIX. STURT’S DISCOVERIES IN AUSTRALIALX. ROSS MAKES DISCOVERIES IN THE ANTARCTIC SEASLXI. FRANKLIN DISCOVERS THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGELXII. DAVID LIVINGSTONELXIII. BURTON AND SPEKE IN CENTRAL AFRICALXIV. LIVINGSTONE TRACES LAKE SHIRWA AND NYASSALXV. EXPEDITION TO VICTORIA NYANZALXVI. BAKER FINDS ALBERT NYANZALXVII. LIVINGSTONE’S LAST JOURNEYLXVIII. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENTLXIX. NORDENSKIÖLD ACCOMPLISHES THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGELXX. THE EXPLORATION OF TIBETLXXI. NANSEN REACHES FARTHEST NORTHLXXII. PEARY REACHES THE NORTH POLELXXIII. THE QUEST FOR THE SOUTH POLE DATES OF CHIEF EVENTSINDEX