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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface	5
	List of Maps and Illustrations	9
	Introduction	13
I.	The World as Known to the Ancients	17
II.	The Spread of Conquest in the Ancient World	33
III.	Geography in the Dark Ages	43
IV.	Mediæval Travels— Marco Polo, Ibn Batuta	63
V.	Roads and Commerce	74
VI.	To the Indies Eastward—Portuguese Route—Prince Henry and Vasco Da Gama	84
VII.	To the Indies Westward— Spanish Route—Columbus and Magellan	98
VIII.	To the Indies Northwards—English, French, Dutch, and Russian Routes	119
IX.	The Partition of America	128
X.	Australia and the South Seas—Tasman and Cook	139
XI.	Exploration and Partition of Africa—Park, Livingstone, and Stanley	153
XII.	The Poles—Franklin, Ross, Nordenskiold, Nansen, Peary, Amundsen, and Scott	169
	Annals of Discovery	186