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A Book of Discovery

by M. B. SYNGE (1861 - 1939)

Through the Dark Continent

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of self-sacrifice unrivalled and faithful lives laid ungrudgingly down. Of the many who went forth, the few only attained. It is of these few that this book tells. (From the Preface of the book).

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Listen next episodes of A Book of Discovery:
Dates of Chief Events , Nansen Reaches Farthest North , Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage , Peary Reaches the North Pole , The Exploration of Tibet , The Quest for the South Pole