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ant> Explorations, 



A SERIES OF ORIGINAL MONOGRAPHS BY LEADING AUTHORS, 



EDITED BY J. SCOTT KELTIE, LIBRARIAN, EOYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; 

 H. J. MACKINDER. M.A., READER IN GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 OXFORD; AND E. G. RAVENSTEIN, F.R.G.S. 



Six Volumes are already published, and may now be had in three different 

 bindings : Plain neat cloth cover, 4s. 6d. ; cloth gilt cover, specially designed 

 by LEWIS F. DAY, gilt edges, 5s. ; half-bound polished morocco, marbled 

 edges, 7s. 6d. 



VOLUMES ALREADY PUBLISHED. 



1. JOHN DAVIS, Arctic Explorer and Early India Navigator. 



By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, C.B. Crown 8vo. With 24 Illustrations 



and 4 Coloured Maps. 



"The series now begun should operate as a stimulant to the acquisition of know- 

 ledge in the boundless field of geography. . . . The book is a good piece of work, 

 and should be popular." Spectator. 



2. PALESTINE. By Major C. R. CONDKR, R.E., Leader of the Pales- 



tine Exploring Expeditions. Crown 8vo. With 26 Illustrations and 



7 Coloured Maps. 



"No narrative of personal adventure and of scientific discovery could be found 

 more interesting. This may be said to be the first attempt to bring together in a 

 popular form the results of the great work of Palestine survey." Scotsman. 



3. MUNGO PARK AND THE NIGER. By JOSEPH THOMSON, Author 



of "Through Masai Land." Crown 8vo. With 24 Illustrations and 



7 Coloured Maps. 



"A well-chosen adaptation of author to subject sometimes produces a volume of 

 exception.il interest. The life and work of perhaps the greatest African explorer of 

 the last century by one of the most distinguished and capable travellers of our own 

 day is an instance of this." Alheiueum. 



4. FERDINAND MAGELLAN, and the First Circumnavigation 



of the Globe, 1480-1521. By F. H. H. GUILLEMABD, M.A., M.D., 

 Cantab., Author of "The Cruise of the Marchesa." Crown 8vo. 

 With 24 Illustrations and 11 Coloured Maps. 



" This is not only a story of splendid and successful adventure (not the less suc- 

 cessful because Magellan died, like Wolfe, in the arms of victory), but the story of an 

 exquisitely noble life." County Gentleman. 



5. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, and the North- West Passage. By 



Captain A. H. MARKHAM, R.N. Crown 8vo. With 22 Illustrations 



and 4 Coloured Maps. 



" We have read Captain Markham's book with unflagging interest, and it admirably 

 fulfils its proposed object. It gives a succinct yet full account of Franklin's noble 

 life. " Academy. 



6. LIVINGSTONE AND THE EXPLORATION OF CENTRAL 



AFRICA. By H. H. JOHNSTON, C.B., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., &c., H.M. 

 Commissioner for Nyasaland and Consul-General for Portuguese East 

 Africa. Crown 8vo. With 24 Illustrations from Photographs and 

 from the Author's Original Drawings, and 4 Coloured Maps. 

 "No one is better qualified by sympathy and community of experience to write 



an account of Livingstone as a great African explorer and pioneer than Mr. H. H. 



Johnston. ... A work of exceptional interest." Times. 



LONDON AND LIVERPOOL: GEORGE PHILIP & SON. 



