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Title

The boy's book of pioneers, by Eric Wood. With four colour plates and four full-page black-and-white illustrations.

Author

Wood, Eric.

Publication

New York, Funk and Wagnalls Company [1916]

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Details

Description

ix p., 1 l., 308 p. incl. col. front. plates (part col.); 22 cm.

Subject

Pioneers

Note

• Printed in Great Britain.

Contents

The trapper as pioneer, the work of Pierre Radisson.--The romance of the Coppermine River. How Samuel Hearne went seeking a copper field--and found a river.--To the Rockies and beyond, the story of Alexander Mackenzie.--Pioneers of science.--The romance of the Niger, the perils and plucky perservance of Mungo Park and other.--The white rajah, the pioneer work of Sir James Brooke, of Sarawak.--The missionary as a pioneer, the noble story of David Livingstone.--The Mystery River of Africa. The Speke and Grant belongs the credit of revealing it to the world.--Baker at Albert Edward.--The man who walked across Africa, the story of Cameron's 3,000 mile journey on foot.--Stanley's Congo journey.--Pioneers of the air.--A journey towards Lhasa, a woman pioneer's [Annie R. Taylor's] great achievement.--Pioneers of liberty, the romantic story of abolition of slavery.--Opening up the great rivers of Australia.--The tragedy of Burke and Wills.--Pioneering for a trade route. How a man [T.T. Cooper] tried to get through Tibet.--The railwayman as pioneer.--The discovery of the poles.--El Dorado.

Call Number

AB (Wood, E. Boy's book of pioneers)

LCCN

17012152

OCLC

34344838

Author

Wood, Eric.

Title

The boy's book of pioneers, by Eric Wood. With four colour plates and four full-page black-and-white illustrations.

Imprint

New York, Funk and Wagnalls Company [1916]

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Research Call Number

AB (Wood, E. Boy's book of pioneers)