Notable Voyagers, From Columbus to Nordenskiold, by W.H.G. Kingston and
Henry Frith.
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Profusely illustrated, this rather long book is just pitched right, for
it gives interesting detail of some important voyages made from the
earliest days up to the end of the nineteenth century. It is not too
terse, and not too profuse, just right to capture your interest and hold
it.
It was interesting, too, to be told the real story of Alexander Selkirk,
the original of the famous "Robinson Crusoe" book.
The story of some of the adventurers who looked for the North-West
passage were most interesting, as well.
There are over 100 illustrations, though a few of them are just little
thumb-nail icon-sized images placed at the ends of chapters. The rest
are quite nice images, though shown here at only 30% of each linear
dimension of those we found in our scans of the book.
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NOTABLE VOYAGERS, FROM COLUMBUS TO NORDENSKIOLD, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON AND
HENRY FRITH.
From Columbus to Nordenskiold.