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Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 3.
The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

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Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century





CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.


THE GREAT EXPLORERS

OF THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY.





LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.






Map of the work to be done
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 AFRICAN DISCOVERY," ETC.





WITH 51 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LÉON BENETT, AND 57 FAC-SIMILES FROM
EARLY MSS. AND MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.



Ship sailing near icebergs



London:
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 Translator wishes to thank the Rev. Andrew Carter for the very great assistance given by him in tracing all quotations from English, German, and other authors to the original sources, and for his untiring aid in the verification of disputed spellings, &c.





THE

GREAT EXPLORERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

REPRODUCED IN FAC-SIMILE FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, GIVING THE SOURCES WHENCE THEY ARE DERIVED.



PART THE FIRST.

Map of the work which had to be done in the 19th Century

Jerusalem

Map of Egypt, Nubia, and part of Arabia

Portrait of Burckhardt

"Here is thy grave"

Merchant of Jeddah

Shores and boats of the Red Sea

Map of English India and part of Persia

Bridge of rope

"They were seated according to age"

Beluchistan warriors

"A troop of bayadères came in"

Afghan costumes

Persian costumes

"Two soldiers held me"

"Fifteen Ossetes accompanied me"

"He beheld the Missouri"

Warrior of Java

A kafila of slaves

Member of the body-guard of the Sheikh of Bornou

Reception of the Mission

Lancer of the army of the Sultan of Begharmi

Map of Denham and Clapperton's journey

Portrait of Clapperton

"The caravan met a

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