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CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
THE GREAT EXPLORERS
OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
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| Gravé par E. Morieu 23, r. de Bréa Paris. |
| Map of the work which had to be done in the 19th Century. |
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
THE GREAT EXPLORERS
OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
BY JULES VERNE
TRANSLATED BY
N. D'ANVERS,
AUTHOR OF "HEROES OF NORTH AFRICAN DISCOVERY," "HEROES OF SOUTH AFRICANDISCOVERY," ETC.
WITH 51 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LÉON BENETT, AND 57 FAC-SIMILES FROM
EARLY MSS. AND MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.
EARLY MSS. AND MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.
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London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1881.
[All rights reserved.]
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1881.
[All rights reserved.]
TO
DR. G. G. GARDINER,
I Dedicate this Translation
WITH SINCERE AND GRATEFUL ESTEEM.
N. D'ANVERS.
HENDON, Christmas, 1880.
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.
In offering the present volume to the English public, the Translatorwishes to thank the Rev. Andrew Carter for the very great assistancegiven by him in tracing all quotations from English, German, and otherauthors to the original sources, and for his untiring aid in theverifica
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