Some heroes of travel, or, Chapters from the history of geographical discovery and enterprise
W. H. Davenport Adams (Author, Compiler)
Print Book, English, 1880
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1880
Biographies
vi, 408, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color map ; 19 cm
166458831
Sir Marco Polo, the Venetian, and his travels in Asia
Mr. George R. Ruxton, and his adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains
Doctor Barth, and Central Africa
Mr. Thomas Witlam Atkinson, and his adventures in Siberia and Central Asia
Alexina Tinne, and her wanderings in the Soudan
Mr. J.A. MacGahan, and campaigning on the Oxus
Colonel Egerton Warburton, and exploration in West Australia
Major Burnaby, and a ride to Khiva
Mr. Samuel Baker, and the sources of the Nile
Includes index