The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery
3 Volume Paperback Set

Table of Contents

Volume I: Book I. Geography of the Ancients:
1. Introduction
2. The Greeks - Homeric age
3. Greeks continued - Historic age
4. The Greeks continued
5. Greeks continued
6. The Greeks continued
7. Discovery of the monsoons
8. Ptolemy
9. On the commerce of the ancients
10. Mythic geography of the Hindoos, and its connections with Grecian myths
Book II. Geography of the Middle Ages:
1. The Arabians
2. Travels of Ibn Batuta
3. Travels of Ibn Batuta continued
Book III. Progress of Geography in the Middle Ages:
1. Discoveries of the northmen
2. Maps of the middle ages
3. Journey of Carpini into Tartary
4. Travels of Rubruquis
5. Travels of Marco Polo
6. Travels of Marco Polo continued
7. Oderic of Portenau
8. Embassy of Clavijo
9. Early discoveries of the Portuguese
10. The passage by the Cape discovered. Volume II: Book IV. Modern Voyages of Discovery, from Columbus to Captain Cook:
1. Columbus
2. Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci
3. Early discoveries in America
4. Spanish discoveries, and first circumnavigation of the earth
5. Fernando Cortez
6. Conquest of Peru
7. Conquests of the Spaniards
8. Conquests of the Portuguese
9. Ferdinand Menez Pinto
10. Voyages to the north
11. Voyages to the north
12. Voyages to the north
13. Settlements in the east
14. Settlements in North America
15. Establishments in Africa
16. Voyages to the South Sea
17. Voyages to the South Sea
18. Voyages in the Pacific, and discovery of Australia
19. Expeditions of the buccaneers in the South Sea
20. Voyages of privateers and others to the South Sea
21. Discoveries of the Russians
22. Discoveries of the Russians. Volume III: Book V:
1. Progress of geographical science
2. Voyages of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, etc.
3. Cook's first voyage
4. Cook's second voyage
5. Cook's third voyage
6. Cook's third voyage continued
7. Voyage of La Perouse, etc.
8. Europeans in the South Sea
9. The coasts of Australia
10. Interior of New Holland
11. Vancouver's voyage
12. Interior of North America
13. Ross and Parry
14. Parry's voyages
15. Journey of Captain Franklin
16. Second journey of Captain Franklin
17. Humboldt's travels
18. Humboldt's travels continued
19. Southern extremity of America
20. Eastern shores of Asia
21. Travels in the Himalyeh
22. Bruce's travels
23. Park's travels
24. Denham and Clapperton's travels
Index.