A Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge (the snowy day read aloud txt) π
Thus beautifully did the children of men express their earliest idea of the world's distribution of land and water.
And where, on our modern maps, was this little earth, and what was it like? Did trees and flowers cover the land? Did rivers flow into the sea? Listen again to the old tradition that still rings down the ages--
"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden ... and a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. The name of the first is Pison ... and the name of the second river is Gihon; the name of the third river is Hiddekel (Tigris). And the fourth river is Euphrates."
[Illustration: THE GARDEN OF EDE
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America (Central), 168, 170, 191, 205.
America (North), 95, 228, 255, 275, 316, 358.
America (South), 167, 170, 180, 196, 215, 252.
Amundsen, R., 542-4.
Anabasis (of Xenophon), 34.
Anaximander, 23.
Andes, 217, 220.
Antarctic regions, 331, 428-31, 536-44.
Arab explorers, 98-107, 126.
Arabian Nights, The, 101.
Arctic regions, 53, 238, 259-84, 312-8, 365-90, 403-9, 501-10, 521-35.
Arculf, 88-90.
Argonauts, 13-6.
Auckland, 429.
Australia, 296-301, 307-11, 326-38, 410-27.
Babylonia, 3-4, 32.
Back, Sir George, 372-4, 382.
Baffin, William, 280-3.
Baffin's Bay, 282-3.
Bagdad, 109.
Bahamas, 160.
Baker, Sir Samuel, 465-73.
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de, 190-3.
Balbus, 72.
Bangweolo, Lake, 477.
Banks, Sir Joseph, 320, 336, 349, 413.
Barents, William, 265-72.
Bass, George, 410-3.
Baudin, Nicholas, 414.
Behring, Vitus, 312-8.
Behring's Strait, 312-8, 334.
Benjamin of Tudela, 108.
Black Sea, 14.
Bogle, George, 512.
Book of the Tartars, 97.
Boothia, 404.
Borneo, 102.
Botany Bay, 326, 336.
Brandon's Isle, 86-7.
Brazil, 181, 196.
British Columbia, 358, 362.
British Isles, 48, 50-2, 57-60, 66-9, 74.
Bruce, James, 339-48.
Burke, R. O'Hara, 424.
Burton, Sir Richard, 450-5.
Button, Sir Thomas, 280.
Cabot, John and Sebastian, 224-7.
Cabral, Pedro, 180-2.
Cadamosto, Luigi, 143-5.
CaillΓ©, RΓ©nΓ©, 396.
Calicut, 129, 177-8, 181-3, 186.
California, 255.
Cam, Diego, 150-1.
Canada, 228-34.
Cano, Juan del, 204.
Carpentaria, 300, 416.
Carpini, Johannes, 110.
Cartier, Jacques, 228-34.
Caspian Sea, 36, 240.
Cassiterides, see "Tin Islands."
Cathay, see China.
Ceylon, 91, 105, 124, 185-6.
Champlain, Samuel, 290-5.
Chancellor, Richard, 235-9.
Chatham Island, 358.
Chelyuskin, Cape, 504, 522.
Chili, 220, 254.
China, 75, 92, 99-101, 110-24, 130-1.
Chitral, 38.
Christian Topography, 92, 133.
Christmas Island, 333.
Chukches, 315, 507.
Circumnavigation of Africa, 19-22.
Circumnavigation of the World, 196-204, 249-57, 308.
Clapperton, Lieut. Hugh, 391-6.
Cochin, 184-5.
Columbus, Christopher, 155-70.
Cook, James, 319-35.
Congo River, 150-1, 480, 491-500.
Cordova, Francisco Hernando de, 205.
Cortes, Hernando, 207-14.
Cosmas, 90-2, 132.
Cuba, 161, 166.
Dampier, William, 306-11.
Darien, 168, 191-2.
Davis, John, 259-64.
Davis Strait, 260, 281.
Delphi, 24.
Denham, Major, 391-5.
Diaz, Bartholomew, 151-4, 180-1.
Drake, Sir Francis, 249-58.
Drusus (Germanicus), 69-71.
Edrisi, 108.
Egypt, 4-8, 26.
"El Dorado," 222, 285.
Eratosthenes, 45-7.
Erik, 94.
Eskimos, 246, 262, 281, 367, 379, 385, 405, 435.
Flinders, Matthew, 410-8.
Floki, 94.
Florida, 205.
France, see Gaul.
Franklin, Sir John, 368, 372-8, 382-7, 482-9.
Franz Joseph Land, 526-8.
"Friar John," see Carpini.
Frobisher, Martin, 245-8, 296.
Gama, Vasco da, 171-9, 182-3.
Gambia River, 30, 145, 349, 355.
Gardar, 94.
Gaul, 53-8.
Germany, 55-7, 69-71.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 259.
Gobi Desert, 75, 118.
Gomez, Diego, 145-8.
Good Hope, Cape of, 21, 152-4, 174, 181, 257.
Grant, Captain J. A., 460-6.
Greenland, 95, 246, 260-3, 274, 282, 501, 521.
Grijalva, Juan, 206.
Guiana, 287-8.
Hanno, 29-32.
Hawaii, 333, 335.
Hawkins, Sir John, 250.
Hayti, 161, 168, 191.
Hecatæus, 25.
Hedin, Sven, 518.
Helena, 77-8.
Henry of Portugal, Prince, 138-49.
Herodotus, 19-22, 26-9.
Himilco, 49.
Holland, 51.
Homer, 16-8.
Honduras, 213-4.
Horn, Cape, 253, 300.
Houghton, Major, 350-1.
Huc, AbbΓ©, 514-8.
Hudson, Henry, 273-9.
Hudson River, 276.
Hudson Strait, 248, 277, 281.
Hudson's Bay, 246, 372.
Huron Lake, 294.
Ibn Batuta, 126-32.
Iceland, 94, 277.
India, 38-43, 66, 128, 177-86.
Ireland, 59, 63, 66, 69, 83-6.
Ithobal, 20-3.
Itinerary from Bordeaux to Jerusalem, 78-9.
Jamaica, 166.
Japan, 123, 241, 282.
Java, 124, 328.
Jenkinson, Anthony, 240-1.
Jerusalem, 24, 77-9, 89.
Julius Cæsar, 54-60.
Kamtchatka, 313-8.
Kara Sea, 504, 522.
Kara Strait, 503.
King Edward VII.'s Land, 536.
Kin Sai, 120.
Kublai Khan, 115-25.
Kyber Pass, 38.
Labrador, 96, 228, 262-4.
Ladrones Islands, 202.
Lander, John and Richard, 396, 399-402.
La Perouse, Comte de, 338.
Lapland, 238.
Le Maire, Isaac, 299.
Lhasa, 511-20.
Libya, 20, 27-9.
Lief, 95.
Livingstone, David, 440-9, 456-9, 474-85.
Machin, Robert, 141.
McClintock, Sir Leopold, 433-9.
McClure, Sir R. J. Le M., 433.
Mackenzie, Alexander, 362-4, 382.
Madagascar, 103.
Madeira, 86, 140.
Magellan, Ferdinand, 190, 193-202, 296.
Magellan's Strait, 198-9, 253.
Magnetic Poles, 405, 430.
Malabar, 182-3.
Malacca, 187-8.
Malay Archipelago, 188-9.
Mandeville, Sir John, 126.
Manilla, 298.
Manning, Thomas, 513.
Maoris, 303, 322.
Maps (ancient), 24, 46, 62, 75, 92, 108, 133-7, 149, 305.
Massoudy, 107.
Meadows of Gold, 107.
Mesopotamia, 2-4.
Mexico, 206-14.
Mongolia, see China.
Montreal, 232, 292, 295.
Mota, Antonio de, 241.
Mozambique, 176.
Mumbo Jumbo, 350.
Murchison Falls, 472.
Murray River, 421.
Murrumbidgee River, 420-4.
Naddod, 94.
Nansen, Fridtjof, 521-9.
Natal, 175.
Nearchus, 41-5.
Neco, 19-20.
New Albion, 255, 333, 358.
Newfoundland, 96, 225-7, 275.
New Guinea, 298, 303-5, 310.
New Holland, see Australia.
New South Wales, 328, 410, 415.
New Zealand, 303, 322-6.
Niger River, 72, 348, 353-6, 396, 399-402.
Nigeria, 394-402.
Nile, The, 4-9, 27, 339-42, 345-7, 454-62,
468, 470.
NordenskiΓΆld, Baron, 501-10.
North-East Passage, 235-40, 315, 501-10.
North-West Passage, 245-64, 290, 332, 366, 403, 433.
North Pole, 531-5.
Nova Scotia, 229.
Nova Zembla, 237, 265-72, 503.
Nyassaland (and lake), 458-9, 475.
Ontario, 294.
Orellana, Francisco de, 220-2.
Orinoco, 167, 285-8.
Otaheite, 320-2.
Othere, 96.
Oudney, Dr., 391-4.
Oxus, 37, 117, 241.
Pacific Ocean, 130, 192, 199-203, 250, 253.
Panama, 191, 250, 306.
Park, Mungo, 348-56, 396.
Parry, Sir W. E., 365-71, 378-81, 388-90.
Patagonia, 196-9, 252.
Paula, 80.
Peary, R. E., 530-5.
Pekin, 115, 119.
Pelsart, Captain, 300, 309.
Periplus (of Hanno), 29.
Persia, 32-3, 117.
Peru, 216-20.
Philippine Islands, 202, 256.
Phillip, Captain, 336.
Phoenicians, 10-3, 19-23, 29-32.
Pilgrims, 77-92.
Pinto, Mendex, 241-2.
Pizarro, Francisco, 215-23.
Pliny, 66, 71-3.
Polo, Niccolo, Maffio, and Marco 115-25.
Prester John, 111, 126, 176.
Prickett, Abacuk, 277, 280.
Przhevalsky, N. M., 518.
Ptolemy, 74-6.
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