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Title: |
Some Heroes of Travel |
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| Edited by: |
W.H. Davenport Adams |
| ISBN10-13: |
1536186260 : 9781536186260 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
403 |
| Weight: |
.548 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc - September 2020 |
| List Price: |
203.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
General & world history |
| There is no pleasanter mode of learning geography than by studying the works of distinguished travellers. The narratives which are contained in this book have been selected with a view to variety of interest. They range over Mexico, Western Australia, Central Africa, and Central Asia. They include the experiences of the hunter, the war correspondent, the geographical explorer; and a lady traveller. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface ; Sir Marco Polo, the Venetian, and his Travels in Asia; Mr. George F. 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 Tinné, and her Wanderings in the Sudan; Mr J A Macgahan, and Campaigning on the Oxus; Colonel Egerton Warburton, and Exploration in West Australia; Major Burnaby, and a Ride to Khiva; Sir Samuel Baker, and the Sources of the Nile; Index.
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