Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Adventures on the Great Rivers: Romantic Incidents and Perils of Travel, Sport, and Exploration Throughout the World
In meeting all these perils, the pluck, the endurance, the resourcefulness shown by many of the explorers - and not least amongst them our own countrymen - are often beyond praise. On the contributions to our geographical and scientific knowledge made by these adventurous and gallant men there is little need to dwell; they are known to all intelligent folk.
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