The Author has been encouraged by the reception given to The Romance of Modern Exploration to write a companion volume on the adventures of early travelers and explorers. For conveniences' sake the period covered ends at A.D. 1600, a date sufficiently advanced to permit mention of the first polar expeditions in which English navigators played so important a part.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:47 - Chapter 2
The Infancy of Exploration
33:30 - Chapter 3
Journeys of the Pilgrims
35:19 - Chapter 4
The Vikings
18:46 - Chapter 5
The Missionary Friars
28:57 - Chapter 6
The Story of Marco Polo
33:55 - Chapter 7
The Friar Odoric
18:28 - Chapter 8
The Travels of an Adventurous Moor
28:09 - Chapter 9
The Search for an Ocean Way to India
26:51 - Chapter 10
The Rounding of the Cape
29:17 - Chapter 11
The Conquest of the Atlantic Ocean
41:22 - Chapter 12
How America got its Name
22:29 - Chapter 13
The Travels of an Italian Mohammedan
33:18 - Chapter 14
The Discovery of the Pacific Ocean
28:41 - Chapter 15
The First Circumnavigation of the Globe
31:27 - Chapter 16
The First Descent of the Amazon
27:48 - Chapter 17
Exploration in North Mexico and California
26:45 - Chapter 18
Exploration of the St. Lawrence River
23:51 - Chapter 19
The Search for a North-East Passage to Cathay
32:22 - Chapter 20
The Travels of Mr. Anthony Jenkins in Russia and Persia
30:48 - Chapter 21
Attempts to Find a North-West Passage Past America to the East
23:18 - Chapter 22
The Adventures of an English Sailor in Africa
21:37