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A Book of Discovery

by M.B. Synge

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a 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. Of the many who went forth, the few only attained. It is of these few that this book tells.

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English

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English

Published In

1912

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A Little Old World
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Early Mariners
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Is the World Flat
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Herodotus—the Traveller
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Alexander the Great Explores India
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Pytheas Finds the British Isles
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Julius Caesar as Explorer
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Strabo's Geography
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The Roman Empire and Pliny
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Ptolemy's Maps
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Pilgrim Travellers
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Irish Explorers
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After Mohammed
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The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas
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Arab Wayfarers
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Travellers to the East
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Marco Polo
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The End of Mediaeval Exploration
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Mediaeval Maps
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Prince Henry of Portugal
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Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape
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Christopher Columbus
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A Great New World
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Vasco da Gama Reaches India
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Discovery of the Spice Islands
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Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean
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Magellan Sails Round the World
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Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico
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Explorers in South America
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Cabot Sails to Newfoundland
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Jacques Cartier Explores Canada
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Search For a North-West Passage
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Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage
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Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World
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Davis Straight
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Barents Sails to Spitzbergen
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Hudson Finds His Bay
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Baffin Finds His Bay
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Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado
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Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario
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Early Discoverers of Australia
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Tasman Finds Tasmania
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Dampier Discovers His Straight
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Behring Finds His Straight
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Cook Discovers New Zealand
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Cook's Third Voyage and Death
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Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia
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Mungo Park and the Niger
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Vancouver Discovers His Island
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Mackenzie and His River
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Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound
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The Frozen North
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Franklin's Land Voyage to the North
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Parry's Polar Voyage
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The Search for Timbuktu
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Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger
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Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole
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Flinders Names Australia
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Sturt's Discoveries in Australia
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Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas
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Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage
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David Livingstone
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Burton and Speke in Central Africa
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Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa
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Expedition to Victoria Nyanza
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Baker Finds Albert Nyanza
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Livingstone's Last Journey
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Through the Dark Continent
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Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage
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The Exploration of Tibet
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Nansen Reaches Farthest North
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Peary Reaches the North Pole
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The Quest for the South Pole
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Dates of Chief Events
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