A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole [Illustrated]

This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents and linked Index
• 188 illustrations

CONTENTS
I. A LITTLE OLD WORLD
II. EARLY MARINERS
III. IS THE WORLD FLAT?
IV. HERODOTUS—THE TRAVELLER
V. ALEXANDER THE GREAT EXPLORES INDIA
VI. PYTHEAS FINDS THE BRITISH ISLES
VII. JULIUS CÆSAR AS EXPLORER
VIII. STRABO'S GEOGRAPHY
IX. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND PLINY
X. PTOLEMY'S MAPS
XI. PILGRIM TRAVELLERS
XII. IRISH EXPLORERS
XIII. AFTER MOHAMMED
XIV. THE VIKINGS SAIL THE NORTHERN SEAS
XV. ARAB WAYFARERS
XVI. TRAVELLERS TO T...