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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

...he Wild Races of the World; FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZI... ...ASTONISHING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION... ...rcumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- ... ...ion of the Roman empire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice t... ... priest -- Collection of Peter's pence in the New World -- Crusader volunteers from America -- Interruption of communication -- Disappearance of the N... ... CHAPTER IV. Early Navigators and Examples of their monster Vessel. -- A view from the plateau of the nineteenth century -- Passage of the Atlantic b... ... take the place of husbands -- Efforts of the Khan to suppress the evil -- The people wedded to their folly -- Indestructible cloth of Salamander skin... ...f Marco Polo excited ambition to reach Zipangu and Cathay -- The search voyage westward -- Discoveries lead to conflicts -- The Pope apportions the wo... ...age -- His sudden death -- The ceremonials of courts -- Grief displayed -- The people hail his successor -- The skeletons of three large ships excite ...

...ed christian supremacy over 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 span...

... Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilcar's voyage to the North seas -- Wonderful lands and fountains -- Astounding adventures of Hanuo -- Weird sights on the shores of ancient Africa -- Witches and Snake charmers -- Among the...

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