| Summary: | Printed in Great Britain. 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. Mode of access: Internet.
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