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
Hudson's Map of his Voyages in the Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
From his Book published in 1612.
A Ship of Hudson's Fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
From his _Voyages_, 1612.
Baffin's Map of his Voyages to the North . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
From original MS., drawn by BAFFIN, in the British Museum.
Sir Walter Raleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Raleigh's Map of Guinea, El Dorado, and the Orinoco Coast . . . . 289
From the original Map, drawn by RALEIGH, in British Museum.
The first Settlement at Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
From CHAMPLAIN'S _Voyages_, 1613.
The Defeat of the Iroquois by Champlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
From a Drawing in CHAMPLAIN'S _Voyages_, 1613.
An early Map of "Terra Australis" called "Java la Grande" . . . . 297
From the "Dauphin" Map of 1546.
The Wreck of Captain Pelsart's Ship, the _Batavia_, on the Coast
of New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
From the Dutch account of PELSART'S _Voyages_, 1647.
Van Diemen's Land and two of Tasman's Ships . . . . . . . . . . . 304
From the Map drawn by TASMAN in his "Journal."
Dampier's Ship, the _Cygnet_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
From a Drawing in the Dutch edition of his _Voyage Round the
World_, 1698.
Dampier's Strait and the Island of New Britain . . . . . . . . . 311
From a Map in DAMPIER'S _Voyages_, 1697.
Chart of Behring's Voyage from Kamtchatka to North America . . . 317
From a Chart drawn in 1741 by Lieut. WAXELL.
The Island of Otaheite, or St. George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
From a Painting by WILLIAM HODGES.
A Maori Fort on the Coast between Poverty Bay and Cape Turnagain 323
From an Engraving in the Atlas to COOK'S first _Voyage_.
Captain Cook's Vessel beached at the Entrance of Endeavour River 327
From an Engraving in the Atlas to COOK'S first _Voyage_.
Captain James Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
From the Painting by DANCE in the Gallery of Greenwich
Hospital.
Port Jackson and Sydney Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
From the Atlas to the _Voyage de l'Astrolabe_.
A Nile Boat, or Canja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
From BRUCE'S _Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile_.
An Arab Sheikh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
From BRUCE'S _Travels_.
The Camp of Ali, the Mohammedan Chief, at Benown . . . . . . . . 353
From a Sketch by MUNGO PARK.
Kamalia, a Native Village near the Southern Course of the Niger . 355
From a Sketch by MUNGO PARK.
A Native Woman washing Gold in Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
From a Sketch by MUNGO PARK, made on his last expedition.
Vancouver's Ship, the _Discovery_, on the Rocks in Queen
Charlotte's Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
From a Drawing in VANCOUVER'S _Voyage_, 1798.
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