PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

SIR MARCO POLO, THE VENETIAN, AND HIS TRAVELS IN ASIA.

MR. GEORGE F. RUXTON, AND HIS ADVENTURES IN MEXICO AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

DOCTOR BARTH, AND CENTRAL AFRICA.

MR. THOMAS WITLAM ATKINSON, AND HIS ADVENTURES IN SIBERIA AND CENTRAL ASIA.

ALEXINA TINNE AND HER WANDERINGS IN THE SOUDAN.

MR. J. A. MACGAHAN, AND CAMPAIGNING ON THE OXUS. I.

COLONEL EGERTON WARBURTON, AND EXPLORATION IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

MAJOR BURNABY, AND A RIDE TO KHIVA. I.

SIR SAMUEL BAKER, AND THE SOURCES OF THE NILE. I.

INDEX.

NOTES

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Map of North Africa

Map of Mexico

SOME HEROES OF TRAVEL

OR, CHAPTERS FROM THE
HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY
AND ENTERPRISE.

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COMPILED AND REWRITTEN BY THE LATE

W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS.

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