Illustrations credits 



t-top; b-below; l-left; 

 r-right; m-middle. 



Endpapers Engraving of shells, 



(front) "Choix de Coquillages" by Regenfuss, 

 1 758, courtesy British Museum (Natural 

 History) photograph Michael holford. 



2-3 "Yacht approaching the coast" 



oil painting by J. W. M. Turner, 

 courtesy of ttie Trustees of the 

 Tate Gailery, London, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



6-7 World map, 



geographical projects ltd. 



9 Creation mosaic, 

 courtesy Mansell-Anderson, 

 reconstruction painting peter Sullivan. 



10 t Cliffs at Etretat, 



photograph ray-delvert. 

 b Fossil lilies, 

 courtesy British Museum (Naturai History), 

 photograph MICHAEL holford. 



11 Wegener's theory, 



reproduced from "The Origin of the 

 Continents and Oceans" by A. Wegener 

 by permission of the pubiishers 

 (Methuen & Co. Ltd.) 

 diagram geographical projects ltd. 



12-13 t Salt pans at Batz, France, 

 photograph ray-delvert. 

 b Map of the Persian Gulf, 

 geographical projects ltd. 



14 Aerial view of Yellowknife District, 

 Canada, 



photograph Royal Canadian Airforce, 

 (No. A 8668-73). 



15 New/ York Skyline, 

 Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. 



16-17 H.M.S. "Unicorn", 



painting from the Anthony Roil, 1541, 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



17 Mariner's compass, 



courtesy of the Trustees National 

 Maritime Museum, England, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



18 Part of the Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus, 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 



18-19 Teaching navigation, 



"The Light of Navigation" by Blaeu, 1622. 



20 Part of a Greek vase, c. 530-520 B.C., 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



21 Map of Pytheas routes, 

 geographical projects ltd. 



22 t Astragalus in tin, 



courtesy Museum of the Royal Institution 

 of Cornwall, Truro, 

 photograph Charles woolf. 

 b World as seen by Hecataeus, c. 500 B.C., 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum. 



23 t Amber ornament, 



courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph Michael holford. 

 b World as seen by Eratosthenes, 

 c. 300 B.C. 

 "Mappaemundi" by Konrad Miller 



24 I St. Michael's Mount, England. 



photograph p.c. hennell. 

 r Ancient Britons, 

 "Costume of the Original Inhabitants 

 of the British Islands", 

 Meyrick and Smith, 1815, 

 courtesy Mansell Collection. 



25 Amber gatherers, 



"Succini Prussica et Civilis Hisloria", 

 by P. J. Hartmann, 1677, 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



26 Ship of the time of Magellan, 

 drawing by Holbein the Younger, 

 photograph Science Museum, London. 



27 Portrait of Magellan, artist unknown, 

 courtesy New York Historical Society, 



28 Woodcut of Dutch sailors, 



"The Light of Navigation" by Blaeu, 1622. 

 28-29 Map of Magellan's routes, 



geographical projects ltd. 



30 Woodcut of man using an astrolabe, 



courtesy of the Trustees National 

 Maritime Museum, England. 



31 Two pages from Pigafetta's journal, 

 the dedication manuscript of Pigafetta's 

 account of Magellan's voyage, 

 Phillipps MS. 16405. 



32 Engraving of a Patagonian, 



"An Account of a Voyage Round the World, 

 1764-66", by Admiral Byron. 



33 t The Vaz Dourado, Map of Tierra del 



Fuego, 1568 



from the collection of the Duke of Alba, 

 courtesy American Heritage Publishing 

 Co. Inc, 

 b Map of Tierra del Fuego, 

 geographical projects ltd, 



34 Engraving of Magellan's ships, 

 "Voyages" by Levinius Hulsius, 1603, 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



35 Engraving of Dutch sailors in India, 

 "Voyages Indes Orientate" by Theodore 

 de Bry, 1607-12, 



photograph Michael holford 

 b Engraving of the death of Magellan. 

 "Voyages" by Levinius Hulsius, 1603, 

 courtesy Trustees of the British Museum, 

 photograph MICHAEL holford. 



36-37 t Tahiti, 



oil painting by W. Hodges, 



on loan to the National Maritime Museum 



from the Admiralty, 



photograph michael holford. 



36 b Model of the "Endeavour", 



courtesy of the Trustees National 

 Maritime Museum, England, 

 photograph Michael holford. 



37 b Captain James Cook, 



oil painting by N. Dance, 



courtesy of the Trustees National Maritime 



Museum, England, Greenwich Hospital 



Collection, 



photograph MICHAEL holford. 



38 Engraving of a Maori family, 

 "Journal of Cook's second voyage" 

 1772-1775 vol. I. 



39 Engraving of a kangaroo, 

 "Journal of Cook's first voyage" 

 1768-1771, vol.3. 



40 t Engraving of the "Endeavour" wrecked, 



"Journal of Cook's first voyage" 

 1768-1771. vol. 3. 

 b Green island. Barrier Reef, 



photograph KEITH gillett, F.R.P.S., 

 F.R.M.S. 



42-43 Map of Cook's routes, 



GEOGRAPHICAL PROJECTS LTD. 



44 Cook's chronometer, 



courtesy of the Trustees National 

 Maritime Museum, England. 



44-45 Nootka Sound, Vancouver, 



"Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery" by 

 Captain George Vancouver, 1795. 



46 t "Fury and Hecia", 



lithograph by Parsey, 

 courtesy of the Trustees National 

 Maritime Museum, England. 

 photograph michael holford. 

 b Portrait of Sir James Clark Ross, 

 artist unknown, 



courtesy Royal Geographical Society, 

 photograph michael holford. 



47 Engraving of "Enterprise" and "Endea- 

 vour", 



"Narrative of an attempt to reach the North 

 Pole" by Sir W. E. Parry, 1828. 



48 "Times" report of Ross, 



printed by permission from "The Times", 

 photograph Michael holford. 



49 Sir John Ross with Eskimos, 

 "Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search 

 of the North West Passage", by Sir John 

 Ross, 1835. 



photograph MICHAEL holford. 



50 Map of Ross' voyages in the Arctic, 

 GEOGRAPHICAL PROJECTS LTD. 



51 Engraving of the Rossbank Observatory, 

 "Voyage in the Antarctic Regions" by 

 Captain Sir J. C. Ross, 1847, 



courtesy Royal Geographical Society, 

 photograph michael holford. 



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