Audiobook: Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 3

This volume, entitled “The great explorers of the 19th century”, forms the third of three volumes under the general title of “Celebrated travels and travellers”.

Volume three comprehends:
“The dawn of a century of discovery” (part I, chap. I), “The exploration and colonization of Africa” (part I, chap. II), “The oriental scientific movement and American discoveries” (part I, chap. III), “Voyages round the world, and Polar expeditions” (part II, chap. I), “French circumnavigators” (part II, chap. II), “Polar expeditions” (part II, chap. III, part I) and “The North Pole” (part II, chap. III, part II). – Summary by Kajo