A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole — John Shaqi
A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South PoleSynge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
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A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
Discoveries in geography
An Emperor of Tartary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
From the Map ascribed to SEBASTIAN CABOT, 1544.
A Caravan in Cathay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
From the Catalan Map, 1375.
The Turin Map of the World, 8th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
A T-map, 10th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
A T-map, 13th century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The Kaiser holding the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
From a 12th-century MS.
The "Anglo-Saxon" Map of the World, drawn about 990 A.D. . . . . 137
From the Cotton MSS. in the British Museum.
Africa--from Ceuta to Madeira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
From FRA MAURO'S Map, 1457.
The Voyage to Cape Blanco from Cape Bojador . . . . . . . . . . . 142
From FRA MAURO'S Map, 1457.
A Portion of Africa illustrating Cadamosto's Voyage beyond Cape
Blanco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
From FRA MAURO'S Map, 1457.
Sketch of Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
From FRA MAURO'S Map of the World, 1457.
Negro Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
From CABOT'S Map, 1544.
The West Coast of Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
From MARTIN BEHAIM'S Map, 1492.
The Parting of Columbus with Ferdinand and Isabella, 3rd August
1492 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
From DE BRY'S account of the _Voyages to India_, 1601.
Columbus's Ship, the _Santa Maria_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
From a Woodcut of 1493, supposed to be after a Drawing by
COLUMBUS.
Columbus landing on Hispaniola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
From a Woodcut of 1494.
The first Representation of the People of the New World . . . . . 163
From a Woodcut published at Augsburg between 1497 and 1504.
The Town of Isabella and the Colony founded by Columbus . . . . . 166
From a Woodcut of 1494.
Vasco da Gama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
From a contemporary Portrait.
Africa as it was known after da Gama's Expeditions . . . . . . . 175
From JUAN DE LA COSA'S Map of 1500.
Calicut and the Southern Indian Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
From JUAN DE LA COSA'S Map, 1500.
The Malabar Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
From FRA MAURO'S Map.
A Ship of Albuquerque's Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
From a very fine Woodcut in the British Museum.
A Ship of Java and the China Seas in the 16th century . . . . . . 187
From LINSCHOTEN'S _Navigatio ac Itinerarium_, 1598.
One of the first Maps of the Pacific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
From DIEGO RIBERO'S Map, 1529.
Magellan's Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
From MERCATOR'S _Mappe Monde_, 1569.
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