by J. M. Buel
Here's a really unique voyaging book. It uses the great discoveries and voyages to describe what is essentially the history of the world as it was known up until 1892 when this book was first published. We can't do much better than reproduce here the subtitles (there are a lot of them) on the title page which do a very good job of describing what this fascinating work is all about."Around the World with the Great Voyagers; A Record of the Finding of all Lands and Descriptions of the First Visits Mad e by Europeans to the Wild Races of the World; Following the Footsteps of Advancing Civilization from the Caves of Barbarism and the Crude Coracle to the Christianizing of the Globe; Describing Superstitions appertaining to the Sea and the Obstacles which Strange Beliefs Opposed to Extended Voyages; Comprising also an Authentic History of the Discover of America by the Viking Sea-Rovers, and its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century; supplement with Thriling 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 of the most Savage Lands of the Earth; Reciting Astonishing Incidents and Perilous Undertakings among Wild Beasts and Savage People in Heroic Efforts for a Reclamation of all Lands to Civilization, and Recording a Description of the riot of Murder, Pillage and Inhumanity which Characterized the Pirates, Marooners and Buccaneers who Ravaged the Spanish Main and for Centuries Bid Defiance to the Armed Fleets of All Nations; Embellished with more than Three Hundred Original Engravings and Large Double-Faced Colored Plates, Drawn Especially for this work by America's Most Famous Artists." Whew! Note the item about America's discovery by the Norsemen; pretty sophisticated for the nineteenth century! Profusely illustrated with line are, coloured plates and elaborate chapter initials.
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