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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "T... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ... J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LAND... ... SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES, DISCOVERIES, ADVENTURES, BATTLES, DARINGS AND SUFFERINGS OF THE HEROIC CHARACTERS, BOLD EXPLO... ...ass to China by a north route -- Destruction of the Roman empire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The ... ...attle. -- Genghis demands the daughter of Umcan for a wife -- Refusal leads to war -- Ceremony performed by the astrologers to forecast the result -- ... ...oat band -- Ambitions of Mansvelt the bold -- Costa Rica adopted as a base for operations -- Objection to Buccaneer government -- Henry Morgan the sea... ...ttack by the natives -- Cannibalism -- Departure from New Zealand -- Among the Australians -- Australian Boomerang throwers - - Game found in Australi... ... greater indignities, which Cortez had foreseen could not be continued without involving the Spaniards and Mexicans in open hostility. His next act wa...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- ...

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