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—— World Explorations ' s Great Explore . rs and Edited by J . SfCOTT KELTIE , Librarian Royal Geographical Society ; H . J . MACKIMDEB and E . Gk RAVfiNSTEIN ., Beader in Geograp , F . R at . ttS the U . niversity at Oxford ; Wl lu K ' ^ vSES gWj % w dbl ! | ] NDER of with the this the earth Life title has and Messrs been Work , made G . of PHILIP those known Heroic & to SON humanity Advent propose . urers to issue throug a h Series whose of exertion Volumes s the dealing face S- * ¦ ' Each Volume will , so far as the ground covered admits , { deal mainly with one prominent name associated with some particular region , and will tell the story of his life and adventures , and describe the work which he accomplished in the service of geographical ^ discovery . The aim will be to do ample justice to geographical results , while the personality of the explorer is with will never be the followed lost name sight of as of any far . single . In as a racticable few exp cases lorer . , , in some In -which each departure the case work the from of exact discovery this relation plan cannot may of the be be work unavoidable possibly associated , lished but it by each explorer to what went p before and what followed after will be pointed out ; accomp so that eUch Volume will be virtually an account of the exploration of the region with which it deals . Though it will not be sought to make the various volumes dovetail exactly into each other , it is hoped that when the Series is concluded it will form a fairly complete Biographical History of Geographical Each Volume Discovery -will be . written by a recognised — authority - on his subject , and will be amply furnished While the with names speciall of y the -prepared Writers Maps whose , Portraits co-operation , and other has been Original secured Illust are rations an indication . of the high standard aimed at from a literary and scientific point of view , the Series will be essentially a popular one , appealing to the great mass of general readers , yormg and old , who have always shown a keen interest in the story of the World ' s Exploration when well- told . It is , moreover , believed Text-books that in not Schools a few . of the Volumes will be found -adapted for use as Reading ¦& -books , or even Each Volume will consist of about 300 pp . crown 8 vo . and will be published at 3 s . 6 d . The following Volumes are either ready or are in an advanced , state of preparation : JOHN DAVIS , Arctic Explorer and Early India Navigator . By Ci ^ ements PALESTINE R . Mabkham . O . B B ., y Maj . S . or C . R . Condeb , R . E ., Leader of th 6 P ales . To be t published ine Exp October loring 1 . JOHN Expeditions FRANKLIN . and the NORTH-WEST PASSAGE . By \_ To be Cap published tain December Albert 1 . MAGELLA Markham N , B . N and . the PACIFIC . By Dr . H . H . Guillemard , Author of < The Grulse of the Marchesa * SAUSSURE and the ALPS . By Douglas W . Freshfield , Hon . Sec . Royal Geographical Society . * MUNGO PARK and the NIGER . By Joseph Thomson , Author of * Through Masai Land' & o . THE HIMALAYA . By Lieut .-General R . Strachey , R . E ., C . S . I ., late President of the R . Q . S . LIVINGSTONE and CENTRAL AFRICA . By H . H . Johnson , H . BrM . Consul at ROSS Mozambique and the . ANTARCTIC . By H . J . Mackinder , M . A ., Reader in Geography at Oxford . BRUCE and the NILE . By J . Scott Kei / tie , Librarian , R . G . S . VASCO DA GAMA and the OCEAN HIGHWAY to INDIA . By E . G . Ravensteix , F . K . G . S . Other Volumes to follow will deal with : HUMBOLDT and SOUTH AMERICA . MARCO POLO and CENTRAL ASIA . BARENTS and the N . E . PASSAGE . IBN BATUTA and the ARABS . COLUMBUS and HIS SUCCESSORS . LEIF ERIKSON a ^ GREENLAND . JACQIJES CAPTAIN CARTIER COOK and and AUSTRALASIA CANADA . . DAMPIER & c . and the & c . BUCCANEERS & c . . k ^ = GEORGE PHILIP - . & SON , London ¦ and n Liverpool . fi

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