TO LONDON AND PARIS 215 NAPOLEON'S TOMB 218 PARIS TO ROME 222 THE ETERNAL CITY 225 POMPEII 229 II. AFRICA-- GENERAL GORDON 236 THE CONQUEST OF THE SUDAN 247 OSTRICHES 250 BABOONS 252 THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 253 MAN-EATING LIONS 256 DAVID LIVINGSTONE 261 HOW STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE 275 THE DEATH OF LIVINGSTONE 282 STANLEY'S GREAT JOURNEY 287 TIMBUKTU AND THE SAHARA 297 III. NORTH AMERICA-- THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD 306 NEW YORK 317 CHICAGO AND THE GREAT LAKES 326 THROUGH THE GREAT WEST 333 IV. SOUTH AMERICA-- THE INCA EMPIRE 341 THE AMAZONS RIVER 351 V. IN THE SOUTH SEAS-- ALBATROSSES AND WHALES 358 ROBINSON CRUSOE'S ISLAND 362 ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN 365 ACROSS AUSTRALIA 372 VI. THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS-- SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE 377 THE VOYAGE OF THE "VEGA" 386 NANSEN 392 VII. THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS 404 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE Dr. Sven Hedin in Tibetan Dress _Frontispiece_ I. Berlin 6 II. Constantinople 13 III. Oil-Well at Balakhani 36 IV. A Persian Caravanserai 43 V. The Author's Riding Camel, with Gulam Hussein 46 VI. Tebbes 51 VII. A Baluchi Nomad Tent 76 VIII. Srinagar and the Jhelum River 87 IX. Digging for Water in the Takla-makan 94 X. The Author's Boat on the Yarkand River 102 XI. Tashi-lunpo 125