Nine Against the Unknown A Record of Geographical Exploration

A classic tale of geographic exploration -- the fascinating & revealing biographies of 9 great explorers: Leif Ericsson & his coming to America 480 years before Columbus; Marco Polo's great land journeys to Cathay & beyond; Columbus sailing across the Atlantic; Cabeza de Vaca, who searched North America for the Golden City of Ciboa; Magellan, the first to reach the East Indies from the west; Vitus Bering, the discoverer of Bering Strait & his search for Gama Land in the N. Pacific; Mungo Park's tramp through jungle Africa in his quest of the Niger & Timbuctoo; Richard Burton's innumerable quests in 3 continents for the golden unknown land; & Nansen's great drift in the FramÓ towards the North Pole. Reprint of the 1934 edition.Mitchell, J. Leslie is the author of 'Nine Against the Unknown A Record of Geographical Exploration', published 2000 under ISBN 9780756783600 and ISBN 0756783607.