From the publisher:
A fascinating account of the world's famous explorers, including the early travelers in ancient times, the discovery of the New World, explorations in Africa and Australia, and the expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Many of the explorers tell part of their story in their own words. Amply illustrated with reproductions of early maps and charts, as well as old woodcuts, drawings, paintings, and miniatures. Emphasis is placed on the explorers' 'record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of self-sacrifice unrivalled and faithful lives laid ungrudgingly down.'
Table of Contents:
1. A Little Old World
2. Early Mariners
3. Is the World Flat?
4. Herodotus—the Traveller
5. Alexander the Great Explores India
6. Pytheas Finds the British Isles
7. Julius Caesar as Explorer
8. Strabo's Geography
9. The Roman Empire and Pliny
10. Ptolemy's Maps
11. Pilgrim Travellers
12. Irish Explorers
13. After Mohammed
14. The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas
15. Arab Wayfarers
16. Travellers to the East
17. Marco Polo
18. The End of Mediaeval Exploration
19. Mediaeval Maps
20. Prince Henry of Portugal
21. Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape
22. Christopher Columbus
23. A Great New World
24. Vasco da Gama Reaches India
25. Discovery of the Spice Islands
26. Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean
27. Magellan Sails round the World
28. Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico
29. Explorers in South America
30. Cabot Sails to Newfoundland
31. Jacques Cartier Explores Canada
32. Search for a North-West Passage
33. Martin Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage
34. Drake's Famous Voyage round the World
35. Davis Strait
36. Barents Sails to Spitzbergen
37. Hudson Finds His Bay
38. Baffin Finds His Bay
39. Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado
40. Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario
41. Early Discoverers of Australia
42. Tasman Finds Tasmania
43. Dampier Discovers His Strait
44. Behring Finds His Strait
45. Cook Discovers New Zealand
46. Cook's Third Voyage and Death
47. Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia
48. Mungo Park and the Niger
49. Vancouver Discovers His Island
50. Mackenzie and His River
51. Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound
52. The Frozen North
53. Franklin's Land Voyage to the North
54. Parry's Polar Voyage
55. The Search for Timbuktu
56. Richard and John Lander Discover the Mouth of the Niger
57. Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole
58. Flinders Names Australia
59. Sturt's Discoveries in Australia
60. Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas
61. Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage
62. David Livingstone
63. Burton and Speke in Central Africa, 1856
64. Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa
65. Expedition to Victoria Nyanza
66. Baker Finds Albert Nyanza
67. Livingstone's Last Journey
68. Through the Dark Continent
69. Nordenskiöd Accomplishes the North-East Passage
70. The Exploration of Tibet
71. Nansen Reaches Farthest North
72. Peary Reaches the North Pole, 1909
73. The Quest for the South Pole
