The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

Name: The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known
Author: Jacobs, Joseph

Jacobs, Joseph

Discoveries in geography

1878-84. Joseph Thomson explores East-Central Africa.
   1878-85. Serpa Pinto twice crosses Africa.
   1879-82. The _Jeannette_ passes through Behring Strait to the
            mouth of the Lena.
      1880. Leigh Smith surveys south coast of Franz Josef Land.
   1880-82. Bonvalot traverses the Pamirs.
   1881-87. Wissmann twice crosses Africa, and discovers the left affluents
            of the Congo.
      1883. Lockwood, on the Greely Mission, reaches 83.23° N., north cape
            of Greenland.
      1886. Francis Garnier explores the course of the Mekong.
      1887. Younghusband travels from Pekin to Kashmir.
   1887-89. Stanley conducts the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition across
            Africa, and discovers the Pigmies, and the Mountains of the
            Moon.
      1888. F. Nansen crosses Greenland from east to west.
   1888-89. Captain Binger traces the bend of the Niger.
      1889. The brothers Grjmailo explore Chinese Turkestan.
   1889-90. Bonvalot and Prince Henri d'Orléans traverse Tibet.
      1890. Selous and Jameson explore Mashonaland.
      1890. Sir W. Macgregor crosses New Guinea.
   1891-92. Monteil crosses from Senegal to Tripoli.
      1892. Peary proves Greenland an island.
      1893. Mr. and Mrs. Littledale travel across Central Asia.
   1893-97. Dr. Sven Hedin explores Chinese Turkestan, Tibet, and Mongolia.
   1893-97. Dr. Nansen is carried across the Arctic Ocean in the
            _Fram_, and advances farthest north (86.14° N.).
   1894-95. C. E. Borchgrevink visits Antarctica.
   1894-96. Jackson-Harmsworth expedition in Arctic lands.
      1896. Captain Bottego explores Somaliland.
      1896. Donaldson Smith traces Lake Rudolph.
      1896. Prince Henri D'Orleans travels from Tonkin to Moru.
      1897. Captain Foa traverses South Africa from S. to N.
      1897. D. Carnegie crosses W. Australia from S. to N.


EUROPE.

GREAT BRITAIN.--B.C. 450. Himilco. _Circa_ 333. Pytheas. 60-54.
Cæsar.

FRANCE.--B.C. _circa_ 600. Marseilles founded. 57. Cæsar.

RUSSIA.--A.D. 1554. Richard Chancellor.

BALTIC.--A.D. 890. Wulfstan and Othere.

ICELAND.--A.D. 861. Naddod.


ASIA.

INDIA.--B.C. 332. Alexander. 330. Nearchus. _Circa_ 300. Megasthenes.
A.D. 400-14. Fa-hien. 518-21. Hoei-Sing and Sung-Yun. 540. Cosmas
Indicopleustes. 629-46. Hiouen-Tshang. 671-95. I-tsing. 1159-73.
Benjamin of Tudela. 1304-78. Ibn Batuta. 1327-72. Mandeville. 1328.
Jordanus of Severac. 1328-49. John de Marignolli. 1419-40. Nicolo
Conti. 1442-44. Abd-ur-Razzak. 1468-74. Athanasius Nikitin. 1487.
Pedro de Covilham. 1494-99. Hieronimo di Santo Stefano. 1503-8.
Ludovico di Varthema.

FARTHER INDIA.--A.D. 1503. Ludovico di Varthema. 1509. Lopes di
Sequira. 1886. Francis Garnier.

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History

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

Jacobs, Joseph

Discoveries in geography

1878-84. Joseph Thomson explores East-Central Africa.
   1878-85. Serpa Pinto twice crosses Africa.
   1879-82. The _Jeannette_ passes through Behring Strait to the
            mouth of the Lena.
      1880. Leigh Smith surveys south coast of Franz Josef Land.
   1880-82. Bonvalot traverses the Pamirs.
   1881-87. Wissmann twice crosses Africa, and discovers the left affluents
            of the Congo.
      1883. Lockwood, on the Greely Mission, reaches 83.23° N., north cape
            of Greenland.
      1886. Francis Garnier explores the course of the Mekong.
      1887. Younghusband travels from Pekin to Kashmir.
   1887-89. Stanley conducts the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition across
            Africa, and discovers the Pigmies, and the Mountains of the
            Moon.
      1888. F. Nansen crosses Greenland from east to west.
   1888-89. Captain Binger traces the bend of the Niger.
      1889. The brothers Grjmailo explore Chinese Turkestan.
   1889-90. Bonvalot and Prince Henri d'Orléans traverse Tibet.
      1890. Selous and Jameson explore Mashonaland.
      1890. Sir W. Macgregor crosses New Guinea.
   1891-92. Monteil crosses from Senegal to Tripoli.
      1892. Peary proves Greenland an island.
      1893. Mr. and Mrs. Littledale travel across Central Asia.
   1893-97. Dr. Sven Hedin explores Chinese Turkestan, Tibet, and Mongolia.
   1893-97. Dr. Nansen is carried across the Arctic Ocean in the
            _Fram_, and advances farthest north (86.14° N.).
   1894-95. C. E. Borchgrevink visits Antarctica.
   1894-96. Jackson-Harmsworth expedition in Arctic lands.
      1896. Captain Bottego explores Somaliland.
      1896. Donaldson Smith traces Lake Rudolph.
      1896. Prince Henri D'Orleans travels from Tonkin to Moru.
      1897. Captain Foa traverses South Africa from S. to N.
      1897. D. Carnegie crosses W. Australia from S. to N.


EUROPE.

GREAT BRITAIN.--B.C. 450. Himilco. _Circa_ 333. Pytheas. 60-54.
Cæsar.

FRANCE.--B.C. _circa_ 600. Marseilles founded. 57. Cæsar.

RUSSIA.--A.D. 1554. Richard Chancellor.

BALTIC.--A.D. 890. Wulfstan and Othere.

ICELAND.--A.D. 861. Naddod.


ASIA.

INDIA.--B.C. 332. Alexander. 330. Nearchus. _Circa_ 300. Megasthenes.
A.D. 400-14. Fa-hien. 518-21. Hoei-Sing and Sung-Yun. 540. Cosmas
Indicopleustes. 629-46. Hiouen-Tshang. 671-95. I-tsing. 1159-73.
Benjamin of Tudela. 1304-78. Ibn Batuta. 1327-72. Mandeville. 1328.
Jordanus of Severac. 1328-49. John de Marignolli. 1419-40. Nicolo
Conti. 1442-44. Abd-ur-Razzak. 1468-74. Athanasius Nikitin. 1487.
Pedro de Covilham. 1494-99. Hieronimo di Santo Stefano. 1503-8.
Ludovico di Varthema.

FARTHER INDIA.--A.D. 1503. Ludovico di Varthema. 1509. Lopes di
Sequira. 1886. Francis Garnier.

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The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

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