A Book of Discovery (Yesterday's Classics)
by M. B. Synge Author
(From Amazon): 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." Suitable for ages 12 and up.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1599151928
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 74
- Pages
- 548
- Suggested Grades
- 5th - 8th
- Publisher
- Yesterday's Classics
- Copyright
- 2007
Chapters
- 1 A Little Old World
- 2 Early Mariners
- 3 Is the World Flat?
- 4 Herodotus - The Traveller
- 5 Alexander the Great Explored India
- 6 Pytheas Finds the British Isles
- 7 Juslius Caesar as Explorer
- 8 Strabo's Geography
- 9 The Roman Empire and Pliny
- 10 Ptolemy's Maps
- 11 Pilgrim Travellers
- 12 Irish Explorers
- 13 After Mohammed
- 14 The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas
- 15 Arab Wayferers
- 16 Travellers to the East
- 17 Marco Polo
- 18 The End of Mediaeval Exploration
- 19 Mediaeval Maps
- 20 Prince Henry of Portugal
- 21 Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape
- 22 Christopher Columbus
- 23 A Great New World
- 24 Vasco Da Gama Reaches India
- 25 Discovery of the Spice Islands
- 26 Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean
- 27 Magellan Sails Round the World
- 28 Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico
- 29 Explorers in South America
- 30 Cabot Sails to Newfoundland
- 31 Jacques Cartier Explores Canada
- 32 Search for a North-East Passage
- 33 Martin Frobisher Searches for a North-West assage
- 34 Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World
- 35 Davis Strait
- 36 Barents Sails to Spitzbergen
- 37 Hudson Finds His Bay
- 38 Baffin Finds His Bay
- 39 Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado
- 40 Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario
- 41 Early Discoverers of Australia
- 42 Tasman Finds Tasmania
- 43 Dampier Discovers His Strait
- 44 Behring Finds His Strait
- 45 Cook Discovers New Zealand
- 46 Cook's Third Voyage and Death
- 47 Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia
- 48 Mungo Park and the Niger
- 49 Vancouver Discovers His Island
- 50 Mackenzie and His River
- 51 Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound
- 52 The Frozen North
- 53 Franklin's Land Journey to the North
- 54 Parry's Polar Voyage
- 55 The Search for Timbuktu
- 56 Richard and John Lander Discover the Mouth of the Niger
- 57 Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole
- 58 Flinders Names Australia
- 59 Sturt's Discoveries in Australia
- 60 Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas
- 61 Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage
- 62 David Livingstone
- 63 Burton and Speke in Central Africa, 1856
- 64 Livingstone Traces Lake Shirwa and Nyassa
- 65 Expedition to Victoria Nyanza
- 66 Baker Finds Albert Nyanza
- 67 Livingstone's Last Journey
- 68 Through the Dark Continent
- 69 Nordenskiold Accomplishes the North-East Passage
- 70 The Exploration of Tibet
- 71 Nansen Reaches Farthest North
- 72 Peary Reaches the North Pole, 1909
- 73 The Quest for the South Pole
- 74 Dates of Chief Events
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