... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ...the bark of trees 118- 122 CHAPTER X. A Remarkably just Emperor. -- The famous district of Mangi -- The rich and mighty Fanfur -- How he surrendered h... ...ened the Buccaneers -- Last of the Buccaneers 325- 334 CHAPTER XXXI. Voyage of Tasman. -- History of discovery among the East Indies -- Preparation fo... ... -- Preparation for a voyage of discovery in search of a southern continent -- Tasman placed in charge of the expedition -- Discovery of Van Dieman's ... ...n the long lapse of time they were forgotten. History was but a puling infant, geography was in a nebulous state, the world was only emerging from sav... ...navigator, Abel Jansen Tasman, whose voyage proved to be the most important to geography, excepting those of Columbus and Cabot, that had been underta...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- T...

...E OF THE BEAGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylv... ...AGLE by Charles Darwin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ome distance, was like that of a river which has flowed through a red clay district, but under the shade of the vessel’s side it was quite as dark as ... ...hardly be neglected by any one, although merely considering the physi- cal geography of the country. Having crossed the 86 The V oyage of the Beagle ... ...every one. They live *See Humboldt, Fragments Asiatiques, p. 386: Barton’s Geography of Plants: and Malte Brun. In the latter work it is said that the... ...we anchored in the snug cove, on the shores of which stands the capital of Tasmania. The first aspect of the place was very inferior to that of Sydney... ... from the census of 1835, contained 13,826 in- habitants, and the whole of Tasmania 36,505. All the aborigines have been removed to an island in Bass’...

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