The History of Maritime and Inland Discovery (Paperback)

Book I. Geography of the Ancients: 1. Introduction; 2. The Greeks - Homeric age; 3. Greeks continued - Historic age; 4. The Greeks continued; 5. Greeks continued; 6. The Greeks continued; 7. Discovery of the monsoons; 8. Ptolemy; 9. On the commerce of the ancients; 10. Mythic geography of the Hindoos, and its connections with Grecian myths; Book II. Geography of the Middle Ages: 1. The Arabians; 2. Travels of Ibn Batuta; 3. Travels of Ibn Batuta continued; Book III. Progress of Geography in the Middle Ages: 1. Discoveries of the northmen; 2. Maps of the middle ages; 3. Journey of Carpini into Tartary; 4. Travels of Rubruquis; 5. Travels of Marco Polo; 6. Travels of Marco Polo continued; 7. Oderic of Portenau; 8. Embassy of Clavijo; 9. Early discoveries of the Portuguese; 10. The passage by the Cape discovered.