Notable Voyagers

Notable Voyagers

William Henry Giles Kingston, english writer of boys' adventure novels (1814-1880)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION - A.D. 1486

-03- FIRST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS

-04- RETURNS TO HISPANIOLA

-05- SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS—A.D. 1403

-06- AGAIN OFF CUBA

-07- THIRD VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS - A.D. 1498

-08- FOURTH AND LAST VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS—A.D. 1502

-09- THE SQUADRON ENCOUNTERS FEARFUL STORMS

-10- VOYAGE OF VASCO DA GAMA

-11- THE SQUADRON SAILS ALONG THE COAST ON CHRISTMAS DAY

-12- VESSELS FITTED WITH TANKS

-13- TREACHEROUS TRICK TO ENTRAP VASCO DA GAMA

-14- VOYAGE OF FERNANDO MAGALHAENS

-15- THE RAJAHS OF ZEBUT AND MAZAGUA PAY TRIBUTE

-16- VOYAGE OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ROUND THE WORLD A.D. 1577

-17- SQUADRON AT PORT SAINT JULIEN

-18- THE GOLDEN HIND CHASES THE CACAFUEGO

-19- SEARCH OF PASSAGE TO NORTH-EAST ABANDONED

-20- PARENTAGE OF CAVENDISH

-21- CAPE HORN FIRST DOUBLED BY SCHOUTEN AND LE MAIRE—A.D. 1615-17

-22- VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM DAMPIER—FROM A.D. 1674

-23- THE CYGNET AND A BARK SAIL FROM CAPE CORRIENTES FOR THE LADRONES

-24- DAMPIER IN COMMAND OF THE ROEBUCK

-25- ANSON’S VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA - A.D. 1740

-26- VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK - A.D. 1768

-27- CAPTAIN COOK’S SECOND VOYAGE - A.D. 1772

-28- CAPTAIN COOK’S THIRD VOYAGE - A.D. 1776

-29- PARRY’S THREE VOYAGES IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE - A.D. 1819

-30- SIR JOHN FRANKLIN’S EXPEDITIONS

-31- DR KANE’S VOYAGE TO THE POLAR REGIONS

-32- THE FOX EXPEDITION

-33- THE GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN EXPEDITIONS TO THE ARCTIC REGIONS

-34- THE VOYAGES OF ERIK NORDENSKÏOLD 1870-1878

-35- CAPTAIN HALL’S VOYAGES

-36- CAPTAIN SIR GEORGE S. NARES’ VOYAGE WITH THE ALERT AND DISCOVERY 1875-1876