Some Heroes of Travel / or, Chapters from the History of Geographical Discovery and Enterprise
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Some Heroes of Travel or, Chapters from the History of Geographical Discovery and Enterprise by W. H. Davenport Adams : (full image Illustrated)SOME HEROES OF TRAVELOR, CHAPTERS FROM THE HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY AND ENTERPRISE.WITH MAPS.COMPILED AND REWRITTEN BY THE LATE W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.“Have you been a traveller?” SHAKESPEARE.PREFACE.The present age is sometimes described as an Age of Commonplace; but it has its romance if we care to look for it. Assuredly, the adventures of its travellers and explorers do not lose in importance or interest, even when compared with those of the...
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- SOME HEROES OF TRAVEL
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- SIR MARCO POLO, THE VENETIAN, AND HIS TRAVELS IN ASIA.
- MR. GEORGE F. RUXTON, AND HIS ADVENTURES IN MEXICO AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
- DOCTOR BARTH, AND CENTRAL AFRICA.
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- MR. THOMAS WITLAM ATKINSON, AND HIS ADVENTURES IN SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA.
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- ALEXINA TINNÉ AND HER WANDERINGS IN THE SOUDAN.
- MR. J. A. MACGAHAN, AND CAMPAIGNING ON THE OXUS.
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- COLONEL EGERTON WARBURTON, AND EXPLORATION IN WEST AUSTRALIA.
- MAJOR BURNABY, AND A RIDE TO KHIVA.
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- SIR SAMUEL BAKER, AND THE SOURCES OF THE NILE.
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- INDEX.
- NOTES
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