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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice the mistress of the sea -- Beli... ...istress of the sea -- Beliefs respecting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great philosophers -- Fabulous islands of the Atlantic -- The Viking na... .................................................. 36 Hamilcar along the coast of Britain...................................... 40 Fabled Mermaids of the... ...t to secretly gain the balcony of his lady love's room, lost his hold upon the railing and fell so heavily to the ground below that his life was for a... ... ammunition. Women packed their valuables on the backs of horses and mules for transportation to the mountains. All night long the exodus continued; b... ...nded credit to those who went, ship-owners who had hired their vessels for the transport of troops and had seen their property destroyed by the enemy'... ...ourteen in height. The top was flat and well paved, and surrounded by a wooden rail on which was fixed a large number of skulls of captives sacrificed...

...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

... -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions sent out by Menelaus and Neco -- The circumnavigation of Africa by the ancients -- Solomon's navy -- Discovery of the West Indies by Carthaginians -- Hamilc...

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