The Lives and Achievements of the Great Explorers

ix, 370 pp. CONTENTS: The Glamour of Gold and the Givers of Life; Leif Ericsson's Landfall in Wineland the Good; Ser Marco Polo Journeys to the Island Beyond Cathay; Don Cristobal Colon and the Earthly Paradise; Cabeza de Vaca's Quest for the City of God; Fernao de Magalhaes and the Fortunate Isles; Vitus Bering's Search for America and Golden Gama Land; Mungo Park Attains the Niger and Passes Timubctoo; Richard Burton and the Forbidden Cities; Fridtjof Nansen Seeks the Pole; Index.