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CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
THE GREAT EXPLORERS
OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
THE GREAT EXPLORERS
OF THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY.
BY JULES VERNE
TRANSLATED BY
N. D’ANVERS,
AUTHOR OF “HEROES OF NORTH AFRICAN DISCOVERY,” “HEROES OF SOUTH AFRICAN DISCOVERY,” ETC.
WITH 51 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LÉON BENETT, AND 57 FAC-SIMILES FROM
EARLY MSS. AND MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.
London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1881.
[All rights reserved.]
TO
DR. G. G. GARDINER,
I Dedicate this Translation
WITH SINCERE AND GRATEFUL ESTEEM.
N. D’ANVERS.
HENDON, Christmas, 1880.
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