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A Book of Discovery

by M. B. Synge

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3Coloured Illustrations
  4. 4Black & White Illustrations
  5. 5List of Illustrations in the Text
  6. 6Chapter I — A Little Old World
  7. 7Chapter II — Early Mariners
  8. 8Chapter III — Is the World Flat?
  9. 9Chapter IV — Herodotus — The Traveller
  10. 10Chapter V — Alexander the Great Explores India
  11. 11Chapter VI — Pytheas Finds the British Isles
  12. 12Chapter VII — Julius Cæsar as Explorer
  13. 13Chapter VIII — Strabo’s Geography
  14. 14Chapter IX — The Roman Empire and Pliny
  15. 15Chapter X — Ptolemy’s Maps
  16. 16Chapter XI — Pilgrim Travellers
  17. 17Chapter XII — Irish Explorers
  18. 18Chapter XIII — After Mohammed
  19. 19Chapter XIV — The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas
  20. 20Chapter XV — Arab Wayfarers
  21. 21Chapter XVI — Travellers to the East
  22. 22Chapter XVII — Marco Polo
  23. 23Chapter XVIII — The End of Mediæval Exploration
  24. 24Chapter XIX — Mediæval Maps
  25. 25Chapter XX — Prince Henry of Portugal
  26. 26Chapter XXI — Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape
  27. 27Chapter XXII — Christopher Columbus
  28. 28Chapter XXIII — A Great New World
  29. 29Chapter XXIV — Vasco da Gama Reaches India
  30. 30Chapter XXV — Discovery of the Spice Islands
  31. 31Chapter XXVI — Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean
  32. 32Chapter XXVII — Magellan Sails Round the World
  33. 33Chapter XXVIII — Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico
  34. 34Chapter XXIX — Explorers in South America
  35. 35Chapter XXX — Cabot Sails to Newfoundland
  36. 36Chapter XXXI — Jacques Cartier Explores Canada
  37. 37Chapter XXXII — Search for a North-East Passage
  38. 38Chapter XXXIII — Martin Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage
  39. 39Chapter XXXIV — Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World
  40. 40Chapter XXXV — Davis Strait
  41. 41Chapter XXXVI — Barents Sails to Spitzbergen
  42. 42Chapter XXXVII — Hudson Finds His Bay
  43. 43Chapter XXXVIII — Baffin Finds His Bay
  44. 44Chapter XXXIX — Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado
  45. 45Chapter XL — Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario
  46. 46Chapter XLI — Early Discoverers of Australia
  47. 47Chapter XLII — Tasman Finds Tasmania
  48. 48Chapter XLIII — Dampier Discovers His Strait
  49. 49Chapter XLIV — Behring Finds His Strait
  50. 50Chapter XLV — Cook Discovers New Zealand
  51. 51Chapter XLVI — Cook’s Third Voyage and Death
  52. 52Chapter XLVII — Bruce’s Travels in Abyssinia
  53. 53Chapter XLVIII — Mungo Park and the Niger
  54. 54Chapter XLIX — Vancouver Discovers His Island
  55. 55Chapter L — Mackenzie and His River
  56. 56Chapter LI — Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound
  57. 57Chapter LII — The Frozen North
  58. 58Chapter LIII — Franklin’s Land Journey to the North
  59. 59Chapter LIV — Parry’s Polar Voyage
  60. 60Chapter LV — The Search for Timbuktu
  61. 61Chapter LVI — Richard and John Lander Discover the Mouth of the Niger
  62. 62Chapter LVII — Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole
  63. 63Chapter LVIII — Flinders Names Australia
  64. 64Chapter LIX — Sturt’s Discoveries in Australia
  65. 65Chapter LX — Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas
  66. 66Chapter LXI — Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage
  67. 67Chapter LXII — David Livingstone
  68. 68Chapter LXIII — Burton and Speke in Central Africa
  69. 69Chapter LXIV — Livingstone Traces Lake Shirwa and Nyassa
  70. 70Chapter LXV — Expedition to Victoria Nyanza
  71. 71Chapter LXVI — Baker Finds Albert Nyanza
  72. 72Chapter LXVII — Livingstone’s Last Journey
  73. 73Chapter LXVIII — Through the Dark Continent
  74. 74Chapter LXIX — Nordenskiöld Accomplishes the North-East Passage
  75. 75Chapter LXX — The Exploration of Tibet
  76. 76Chapter LXXI — Nansen Reaches Farthest North
  77. 77Chapter LXXII — Peary Reaches the North Pole
  78. 78Chapter LXXIII — The Quest for the South Pole
  79. 79Dates of Chief Events

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