... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Liv... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living... ... a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empir... ...lves -- Formation of a communistic settlement -- Occupation by the English and French of many islands -- A fort built at Tortuga -- Capture of the pla... ... and massacre of the people -- A few survivors turn freebooters -- English and French sailors and Colonists become pirates against Spanish ships Rapid... ...sesses a charm which modern annals cannot rival; there is a sun-tinted mist of romance enveloping the remote past which flatters, like a wondrous mira... ...en many Latin books, these affording additional evidence of the claim that the Catholics had sent priests to instruct the early Norse settlers of that... ...red the strait, met with a yet more terrible fate, in the opinion of all good Catholics, for he renounced his religion and became a Mohammedan. In ad...

...ytheas, the philosopher -- Tears of sorrowing sea-birds -- Discovery of a new world -- A wondrously profitable commerce -- A northwest passage -- The Romans pass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empire....