A Book of Discovery. The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole

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Excerpt from A Book of Discovery: The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole All these, says the poet in Ecclesiastes all these were honoured in their generation, and were the glory of their times their name liveth for evermore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.