"A Book of Discovery" by M. B. Synge

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."

This edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1912.


Contents
Introduction
Chapter I. A Little Old World
Chapter II. Early Mariners
Chapter III. Is the World Flat?
Chapter IV. Herodotus—the Traveller
Chapter V. Alexander the Great Explores India
Chapter VI. Pytheas Finds the British Isles
Chapter VII. Julius Caesar as Explorer
Chapter VIII. Strabo's Geography
Chapter IX. The Roman Empire and Pliny
Chapter X. Ptolemy's Maps
Chapter XI. Pilgrim Travellers
Chapter XII. Irish Explorers
Chapter XIII. After Mohammed
Chapter XIV. The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas
Chapter XV. Arab Wayfarers
Chapter XVI. Travellers to the East
Chapter XVII. Marco Polo
Chapter XVIII. The End of Mediaeval Exploration
Chapter XIX. Mediaeval Maps
Chapter XX. Prince Henry of Portugal
Chapter XXI. Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape
Chapter XXII. Christopher Columbus
Chapter XXIII. A Great New World
Chapter XXIV. Vasco da Gama Reaches India
Chapter XXV. Discovery of the Spice Islands
Chapter XXVI. Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean
Chapter XXVII. Magellan Sails round the World
Chapter XXVIII. Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico
Chapter XXIX. Explorers in South America
Chapter XXX. Cabot Sails to Newfoundland
Chapter XXXI. Jacques Cartier Explores Canada
Chapter XXXII. Search for a North-West Passage
Chapter XXXIII. Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage
Chapter XXXIV. Drake's Famous Voyage round the World
Chapter XXXV. Davis Strait
Chapter XXXVI. Barents Sails to Spitzbergen
Chapter XXXVII. Hudson Finds His Bay
Chapter XXXVIII. Baffin Finds His Bay
Chapter XXXIX. Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado
Chapter XL. Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario
Chapter XLI. Early Discoverers of Australia
Chapter XLII. Tasman Finds Tasmania
Chapter XLIII. Dampier Discovers His Strait
Chapter XLIV. Behring Finds His Strait
Chapter XLV. Cook Discovers New Zealand
Chapter XLVI. Cook's Third Voyage and Death
Chapter XLVII. Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia
Chapter XLVIII. Mungo Park and the Niger
Chapter XLIX. Vancouver Discovers His Island
Chapter L. Mackenzie and His River
Chapter LI. Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound
Chapter LII. The Frozen North
Chapter LIII. Franklin's Land Voyage to the North
Chapter LIV. Parry's Polar Voyage
Chapter LV. The Search for Timbuktu
Chapter LVI. Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger
Chapter LVII. Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole
Chapter LVIII. Flinders Names Australia
Chapter LIX. Sturt's Discoveries in Australia
Chapter LX. Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas
Chapter LXI. Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage
Chapter LXII. David Livingstone
Chapter LXIII. Burton and Speke in Central Africa, 1856
Chapter LXIV. Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa
Chapter LXV. Expedition to Victoria Nyanza
Chapter LXVI. Baker Finds Albert Nyanza
Chapter LXVII. Livingstone's Last Journey
Chapter LXVIII. Through the Dark Continent
Chapter LXIX. Nordenskiüld Accomplishes North-East Passage
Chapter LXX. The Exploration of Tibet
Chapter LXXI. Nansen Reaches Farthest North
Chapter LXXII. Peary Reaches the North Pole, 1909
Chapter LXXIII. The Quest for the South Pole


Suitable for ages 12 and up.

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