Heroic Navigators and Their Famous Exploits
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The men who perform noble and heroic deeds merit the admiration of all intelligent people. This superb work contains the brilliant records of daring navigators and explorers, and pays them the honor of being makers of history. It tells the absorbing story of their struggles and sacrifices, their devotion to duty and splendid triumphs.
The Heroes whose names are recorded in this great work and who are worthy of a place among such illustrious adventurers as Magellan, Discoverer of the South Pacific; Fernando Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico; Francisco Pizzaro, the Discoverer of Peru; Fernando De Sota, Discoverer of the Mississippi River; Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific Ocean; Cabral, Discoverer of Brazil; Sir Martin Frobisher, Hero of the Northwest Passage; Sir Francis Drake, the Elizabethan Navigator; and John Davis, the second Arctic Navigator.
The Heroes were not the captains only, but the men of action and labor, who were faithful to the cause in which they enlisted, and dared to do their duty against great odds.
Unlike anything heretofore presented to the reader of history is the arrangement and plan of this superb volume. It has not been the aim of the author to follow the beaten track pursued by other writers, but rather to present a work which would be found especially adapted to the wants and tastes of the age in which we live.
This book is embellished with a great number of illustrations by renowned artists, portraying scenes in the world's most wonderful drama.
Heroic Navigators and Their Famous Exploits,D. M. Kelsey,University Press of the Pacific,0898754887,Discovery and Exploration,Expeditions & Discoveries,History,History - General History,History: World,World - General,World history
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