Notable Voyagers

William Henry Giles Kingston was born on February 28, 1814, in London. He was an English writer of boys' adventure novels. However, he also wrote books about traveling, in which he described his journeys to the young readers, and books about the adventures and discoveries that changed the opinion of the people.

This is one of those books regarding discoveries. In this book Kingston describes a lot of important voyages and expeditions across the world, or around the world, giving a detailed overview of everything at happened on those voyages.

In this book you will read about:

• Christopher Columbus and his four voyages
• The voyage of Vasco da Gama, to find a way to India by sea, and to discover the Kingdom of Prester John
• The voyage of Fernando Magalhaens—The discoverer of the Straits of Magellan—Round the world
• The voyage of Sir Francis Drake round the world
• The voyage of Cavendish round the World
• Cape Horn first doubled by Schouten and Le Maire
• The voyages and adventures of William Dampier
• Anson’s voyage to the South Sea
• The three voyages of Captain Cook
• Parry’s three voyages in search of a North-West Passage
• Sir John Franklin’s expeditions
• Dr. Kane’s voyage to the Polar Regions
• The “Fox” Expedition
• The German and Austrian Expeditions to the Arctic Regions.
• The voyages of Erik Nordenskïold
• Captain Hall’s Voyages
• Captain Sir George S. Nares’ voyage with the “Alert” and “Discovery”