THE ATHENAEUMThe Story of Geographical DiscoveryJoseph Jacobs
History
The Story of Geographical Discovery
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textJoseph Jacobs, better known for collecting English fairy tales, wrote this short history of how the world became known in 1899. It runs from the ancient world to the explorers of his own day, and the maps get larger as it goes. It is a good first book for this room, and a quick one.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 3 hr 10 min
- Where to find it
- The Map Room
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #14291. In the public domain in the United States.