By J. W. BUEL,
Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc.

A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS
And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by Europeans to
the Wild Races of the World;

FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE
CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZING OF THE GLOBE.

DESCRIBING SUPERSTITIONS APPERTAINING TO THE SEA AND THE OBSTACLES WHICH
STRANGE BELIEFS OPPOSED TO EXTENDED VOYAGES.

COMPRISING ALSO
AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century.

SUPPLEMENTED WITH
THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAGES, DISCOVERIES, ADVENTURES, BATTLES, DARINGS AND SUFFERINGS
OF THE HEROIC CHARACTERS, BOLD EXPLORERS AND DAUNTLESS SPIRITS WHO HAVE
MADE OCEAN HISTORY AND ESTABLISHED CHRISTIAN 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 MAIN AND FOR CENTURIES BID DEFIANCE
TO THE ARMED FLEETS OF ALL NATIONS.