It may be thought, perhaps, that exploration must be comparatively easy today. Less laborious no doubt it is in some details when Mandeville and Magellan travelled. But there are difficulties enough remaining to leave the romance of exploration untouched. Every explorer carries his life in his hand, however fine may be his outfit. Within the limits of this volume it is impossible even to notice all the modern explorers who have a claim on our admiration. - Summary adapted from the introduction
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
04:46 - Chapter 2
Four Years in the Wilds of Asia
43:23 - Chapter 3
Further Adventures in Eastern Turkestan and Tibet
28:58 - Chapter 4
Surveying in Mid-Asia
34:04 - Chapter 5
Lhasa Visited
32:09 - Chapter 6
From Manchurian to the Pamirs
23:43 - Chapter 7
An Adventurous Journey Among Celestials and Lamas
28:30 - Chapter 8
The Strange People of the East Indian Archipelago
26:26 - Chapter 9
The Golden Roofs of Timbuctu, and the Mouths of the Niger
43:27 - Chapter 10
Scenes from Livingstone's Journeys
35:00 - Chapter 11
African Aboriginals
16:06 - Chapter 12
The Secrets of Masai Land
28:42 - Chapter 13
The Engineer in the Sahara
21:24 - Chapter 14
Surveying in African Swamps and Deserts
19:56 - Chapter 15
Surprises of the Galla Countries
23:11 - Chapter 16
Among the Bandits of the Great Desert
25:11 - Chapter 17
King Solomon's Mines
23:24 - Chapter 18
A Brave Dash for the North Pole
28:27 - Chapter 19
Towards the Pole in a Balloon
15:17 - Chapter 20
A Peep into Eskimo Life
19:27 - Chapter 21
In the Heart of the Southern Ice Continent
30:03 - Chapter 22
The Romance of a Great River
23:17 - Chapter 23
Through Canadian Forests and Mountains
24:09 - Chapter 24
Among South American Forests
24:23 - Chapter 25
Furthest Skywards
14:55 - Chapter 26
How the Murray was Found
15:52 - Chapter 27
An Australian Tragedy
23:15