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REVELATIONS OF THE GRANDEST CENTURY by J.W. BuelA Victorian Digest of Discovery and Danger in the Remotest Regions of the GlobeTitle
REVELATIONS OF THE GRANDEST CENTURY. A Record of the Achievements of One Hundred Years in All Parts of the World. Being a Historic Compendium of the Thrilling Adventures, Exploits and Accomplishments of the Most Noted Explorers. Arranged and Classified Under Appropriate Designations to Embrace ALL THE SAVAGE LANDS AND PEOPLES OF THE GLOBE. And the New Phases and Features of Life in Barbarous Countries, and of the Customs, Legends, Superstitions, and Remarkable Creatures Found in POLAR CLIMES AND EQUATORIAL REGIONS, the Whole Comprising an Encyclopedia of Geographical Knowledge, Representing the Civilization and Heroic Accomplishments of the Expiring Century. By J.W. Buel.
Published in 1898 by People’s Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 10” x 8” leather binding. Illustrated with two-page color frontispiece and black and white illustrations. 608 pages.Description:An extraordinary, profusely illustrated 19th‑century compendium of global exploration, adventure, natural history, ethnography, and perilous travel—from the Arctic to the Amazon, Africa, the Pacific, and the far reaches of Asia.

This large 1898 volume captures the Victorian world’s fascination with the unknown. J.W. Buel gathers the era’s most dramatic accounts of discovery, survival, scientific curiosity, and cultural encounter, presenting a sweeping panorama of the planet’s “savage lands and peoples,” polar wastes, tropical jungles, volcanic archipelagoes, and remote kingdoms. Illustrated with a two‑page color frontispiece and numerous engravings, it is both a historical artifact and a vivid record of the late‑19th‑century imagination.

Overview of Subject Matter

This volume ranges across the globe, documenting:

• Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, polar survival, and the quests of Nansen, Peary, Greely, De Long, Andrée, and others

• Exploration of Africa, including Livingstone, Stanley, Baker, and the search for the Nile’s sources

• Encounters with wildlife: lions, hippos, crocodiles, elephants, walrus, polar bears, snakes, and more

• Natural disasters: volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, ice floes, and tropical storms

• Ethnographic accounts of Tibet, the Pacific Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, China, Siberia, and South America

• Gold rushes and frontier life in Alaska and the Klondike

• Victorian‑era interpretations of “savage customs,” cannibalism, slavery, warfare, and cultural practices

This is a book of extremes: extreme climates, extreme journeys, extreme beliefs, and extreme dangers. It reflects both the ambitions and the anxieties of a century racing toward its close.

Selected Themes & Notable Episodes:

Ferocious Beasts & Perilous Encounters:

• Attacks by lions, crocodiles, hippos, bears, and enormous snakes

• Hunting expeditions in Africa and the Arctic

• Survival stories involving shipwrecks, storms, and wilderness dangers

Slavery & Human Brutality:

• Slave markets, forced marches, and the horrors of the African slave trade

• Eyewitness accounts of raids, torture, and liberation efforts

Cannibalism & “Savage Customs” (Victorian Perspective):

• Accounts from New Guinea, Central Africa, and the Congo Basin

• Descriptions of rituals, warfare, and cultural practices as understood by 19th‑century explorers

Polar Exploration:

• Nansen’s crossing of Greenland and attempt on the Pole

• Peary’s expeditions and life among the Inuit

• The tragic Greely Expedition and its rescue

• The De Long / Jeannette disaster

• Andrée’s balloon attempt to reach the Pole

Tropical & Equatorial Regions:

• Amazonian wildlife, storms, and indigenous cultures

• South Pacific islands, volcanoes, and Polynesian traditions

• Malay Archipelago: orangutans, pythons, tribal warfare, and Dutch exploration

Asia & the Orient:

• Tibet’s forofferden cities and Lamaist rituals

• Japan’s modernization and the Sino‑Japanese War

• China’s imperial customs, Great Wall, and social hierarchy

• Russia and Siberia: wolves, exiles, and the Trans‑Siberian Railway

Full Contents SummaryBefore I decide to buy a book, I like to know exactly what\'s in it.This extraordinary volume is divided into twelve major parts, each covering a geographic region or thematic focus. For your convenience, I have prepared a detailed summary of the Contents which you will find below.

Further down the page, I have included a large sampling of illustrations from the book.

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PART ONE – THE MYSTERIOUS COUNTRY

TIBET, THE MARVELOUS LAND:The Door of Mystery * Dangers of Travel * Marco Polo’s visit to the Far East * Strange Customs * Sorcerers * Priest’s pilgrimage * The Pope of Lhassa * The Lamaist Capital * An Indian pundit * Wonders of the Holy City * Reincarnated Buddha * Strange fashions * Sacred Lama House * Mysteries and curiosities * Lama festivities * Sacred image from the snow-land * Temple of Little Jo * School of black art * Jugglery * Doctrine of Buddhism * Secret ceremonies of Lama worship * Soothsayers * Polyandry * Six husbands to one wife * Extraordinary magic * Miracle or necromancy * Secrecy of their ways * Waddell’s story of Lamaism * How Burton gained access to Kaaba * Power of Lama Priests * Shamanism or devil worship * Savage prohibition of strangers * How some travelers have entered Lhassa * Mystery play * Personating devils * Seizure and torture * Terrible torment of an English correspondent * Hunting the wild yak of Tartary * Praying wheels * Strange altars and barbaric decorations * About the practice of polyandry

PART TWO – THE QUEST FOR GOLD

LAND OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE:The magic word “Gold” * Mad pursuit for wealth * Horrors attending gold discoveries * Facts about Alaska * Explorations, discoveries * Fisheries, seal catches * Discovery of gold and development at Juneau * The first nugget from Klondike * McCormick’s lucky find * Mines of the upper Yukon * Richest territory * How to reach the gold fields * Distance, cost of transportation * Land and water routes * Dangers and hardships of the overland trail * Treachery of the fords * Sheep Camp * Chilkoot Pass * Boat traveling and portage * Chilkoot tram-road * Lines of steamers * Country about Dawson * Sinking mines in frozen earth * Wages, kinds of work * Supplies and packers * Rich strikes of successful miners * Scraping up a fortune * Distances between stations * Alaska mining laws * Prospects of the Alaska yield of gold * Theory of a gold belt around the Pole * Warm times in Dawson City * Extravagance and roistering in the gold city * Ballrooms and barrooms * Gambling and dancing * Wild scenes, exciting incidents * Swiftwater Bill’s last play * How “Shorty” dropped his bag * Typical dance hall * Big demand for women * Profits of the saloon business * Rapid development of Alaska

PART THREE – THE POLAR REGIONS

THE SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION:The Northern Lights * The way strewn with human bones * Greenland once populous * Summary of polar expeditions * Many sad stories * Marooning of Hudson * Discoveries a hundred years ago * Story of starvation * Ross’s search * Sir John Franklin * Pathetic parting with his wife * Good-bye, and death * Loss of the Franklin Expedition * Search for the lost explorers * Evidences of cannibalism * Dr. Kane’s expedition and discoveries * Lady Franklin’s efforts * Relics of Frobisher’s expedition * Voyage of Captain Hall * Discovery of the Polar Sea * De Long expedition * Sinking of the Jeannette * Schwatka’s sledge journey * Dead men’s bones in plenty

PART FOUR – LATEST VOYAGE IN QUEST OF THE POLE

ARCTIC DISCOVERIES OF NANSEN:First person to cross Greenland * Battles with icebergs and storms * Land of icy mountains, snowy plains * Manner of traveling * First meeting with natives * Abashed by naked forms * Immodest indoor costumes of Esquimaux * Interior view of a tent * Domestic manners * How man and wife caress each other * Kisses and castigations * Habits, appearance * Remarkable hospitality * Reception of Nansen upon his return

NANSEN’S SEARCH FOR THE POLE:Remarkable interest in Nansen’s proposals * His theories * Building of the Fram * Aided by king and geographical societies * Departure for the land of mystery * The Fram nipped by the ice * The long polar night * Leaving the ice-bound shop for a sledge journey * With a single companion he reached the highest latitude ever gained by man * Thrilling adventure * Johansen attacked by a bear * The rare Ross gull * Walrus and bears plentiful * Besieged by foxes * Welcome to spring * Traveling by sledge and kayak * Nansen has to swim for his boat * Battle with a walrus * Surprise meeting with another explorer * Nansen’s return to Norway

THE PEARY EXPEDITIONS:Feat of crossing northernmost Greenland * Fist woman to seek the Pole * Successful hunt for bears and reindeer * Overrun by Esquimaux * Huts for the winter * Overwhelmed by snowstorm * Trouble with the dogs * Separation of the party * Hunting musk-ox * Defining northern limits of Greenland * Return to New York * Peary’s second expedition * Observations of Astrup * Life in Northern Greenland * Exhibition of a phonograph * Home life of the Eskimo * Swapping of wives * Love for dogs * Animals of Arctic lands * Walrus hunting * Distribution of labor * Chewing seal and bear hides * Happiness of the Esquimaux * Religion * Treating disease by incantation * Magicians and amulets * Last rites over the dead

ANDREE’S BALLOON EXPEDITION:Thirst for the sensational * Dangerous feats to win reputation * Plans to reach North Pole * Fancy of a balloon expedition * Purpose to cross the Atlantic * Experimenting with upper air currents * Preparations for the great Balloon journey * Devices for controlling the balloon * Failure of the first effort * The final start for the Pole * Ascension * Telegrams to the king * What will be the result?

PART FIVE – THE GREELY EXPEDITION

FREQUENT DISASTERS ATTENDING ARCTIC TRAVELS:Mystery of the Frozen North * Greely’s ambition to become an explorer * His appointment to establish polar stations * Departure of the expedition * A sail through Polar seas * Exile at Fort Conger * Scientific work * Achievements of Lockwood and Brainard * Greely’s report * Wonderful panorama * American flag in highest latitudes * Remarkable discoveries * Rigors of northern climate advancing south * March to Cape Sabine * Discipline in camp * Government’s instructions to Greely

THE BEGINNING OF INDESCRIBABLE SUFFERINGS:Game abundant but not procurable * Efforts to recover beef cached at Cape Isabella * March through snow and cold * Elison’s imprudence * Night of terror * Elison begs to be left to die * Comradeship of a rare fidelity * Stealing from his starving fellows * The shooting of Private Henry * Record of the dead by starvation * Death of Sergeant Rice * A story of horror * A night with the dead * Resort to cannibalism * Self-preservation excuses this awful resort

EFFORTS TO FIND AND RELIEVE GREELY:Failure of Neptune Expedition * Loss of the Proteus * The third relief expedition * Proffer of English aid * Arrival at Cape Sabine * Finding the camp * Scene of unexampled misery * A feeble cry discovers Greely * A wretched hovel and what it contained * Official report of the discovery * First sight of the starving party * Too weak to walk * Removal of survivors * Terrible hurricane * Hour of prayer * Last offices to dying comrade * Hands and feet frozen off * Condition of the hunter * Amputation and death * Greely’s condition * Graves on the ridge * Ramming a way through the ice * Report of Commander Schley * How the bodies were prepared * Meeting between Greely and his wife * The return * Demonstrations in honor of the heroes

PART SIX – WONDERS OF THE ARCTIC WORLD

MYSTERIES OF THE LAND OF COLD:Goblins, ghouls and sirens * Symmes’ singular theories * Is the earth hollow and habitable within? * Currents about the Pole * How the earth shifts on its axis * Changes of climate due to ice formations * Greenland once a warm country * Facts about Eskimo dogs * King of the pack * How to drive a dog-team * Secret of the whip * Similarity between dogs and wolves * Domestic customs of the Eskimo * An exchange of wives * Personal decorations * Other curious customs * How they construct and arrange their huts * Tunnel doorway * Producing fire without matches * Strange way of eating meat

HUNTING IN THE FAR NORTHLAND:Pursuit of seals * Ingenuity and skill of Eskimo hunters * How seals are captured * Dangerous sport * On the ice and in kayaks * Captain Hall’s capture of a seal * An exciting time * Hunting the polar bear * A cruel killing * Savage contest with female bear and cub * Another adventure * How a bear defended her cubs * Knocking the dogs about * An ugly visitor in camp * A bear robs a fisherman * Adventures with the walrus * Combats between bear and walrus * Domesticating the walrus * An exciting hunt * Terrific fight between hunters and bull walruses * How the walrus attacks * Danger in his powerful tusks * Description of Hall’s battle with a walrus * Pictures of extraordinary ferocity * Facts about the reindeer * Habits of the wolverine * Enemies of the reindeer * Hunting the musk-ox * Battle with Arctic bulls * Daring of Eskimo hunters * The Polar fox * Lemmings, mosquitoes and gnats * Arctic hares * Arctic birds * Voracity of the sea eagle

ARCTIC SEAS TEEMING WITH ANIMAL LIFE:Varying color of the ocean * Rapacity of crustaceans * Wonders of the whale * Paradoxes of nature * Species, habits and commercial value * Adventure with a whale * Dangers incurred hunting the spermaceti whale * The sea unicorn * A remarkable weapon * Dolphin and grampus * Arctic sharks * Vitality of the white shark

WONDERFUL BEAUTIES OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS:Nature wasting her sweetness on desert airs * A Polar sunset * The Arctic Aurora * Sky of jet over plain of snow * Mock moons and paraselena * Colored snow * Icebergs and remarkable formations * Gyrating ice mountains * Dangerous navigating Arctic seas * How icebergs are formed * Magnificent sights * Castles and palaces of marvelous splendor * The midnight sun flooding fields of ice * An original theory * Ice-blink and mirage * Amazing adventures on ice floes * Tysons’s party cast away on an ice field * Pitiable spectacles * Killing dogs to stay hunger * A seal and bear hunt on the ice * New dangers follow * Almost reduced to cannibalism * A night of indescribable horror * Relief sighted

THE TERRORS OF AN ARCTIC NIGHT:Five months of darkness * Wonders of the polar skies * Disease caused by protracted night * Hydrophobia develops in dogs * Effects of eating snow * Severe cold and intense heat produce similar results * Eskimo legend of the sun and moon * Strange beliefs of the Arctic natives

STORY OF THE DELONG EXPEDITION:Boyhood of the lost explorer * First trip to Far North * An ambition promoted by Mr. Bennett * Departure of the Jeannette * Caught in the ice * Drifting for nearly three years * Bears, seals and birds * Fast in a relentless embrace * Preparing to leave the ship * Sinking of the Jeannette * Helpless on the wide sea * Dreadful march for life * Bombarded by chunks of ice * Singular discoveries on Bennett Island * Launching small boats for a long journey * On the Siberian islands * Reindeer herd * Separation of boats in a gale * Dead on Siberia’s waste of snow * Discovery of the bodies of lost comrades * Bringing the dead back to America * So sleep the brave

PART SEVEN – THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO:

SUMMER ISLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS:Composition of the great archipelago * Exuberance of nature * Land of pure delight * Flying frog * Hunting the orangutan * Capture of a baby * A hunter in the grip of a mias * Adventures with the mias * Adventures with the mias * How the mias fights the crocodile and python * The Lombock suicides * Running amuck * Punishment for infidelity * Land of terrible snakes * Killing a boa * Wonders of the sago palm * Hill dyaks of Borneo * Birds of gorgeous plumage * Beauty of the native Papuans * The women * Scant dress is shocking * Honesty of the Papuans * City of Batavia * Rhinoceri and tigers of Java * Hunting the tiger * Marvelous ruins of an extinct people * New Guinea, the unexplored land * Dutch explorations * New Guinea cannibals * Birds and animals of New Guinea * The monster-faced bat

PART EIGHT – THE SOUTH AMERICAN TROPICS:

MARVELS OF EQUATORIAL CLIMES:Profusion of animal and vegetable life * Effects of hot climate * Emanations from rapid decomposition * Size and character of tropical animals and reptiles * Remarkable facts about the sea * Unseen channels of the air * Why the sea is salt * Curious facts in physical geography * What causes rain * An ocean in the skies * Great equatorial currents * Effects of climate on Gulf Stream * Streams in the atmosphere * Trade Winds * Strange animals in Brazilian jungles * Reptiles of deadly beauty * Marvelous Surinam toad * Doldrums * Tornadoes of the tropics * Hurricanes and waterspouts * Formation of islands * Marvelous work of the coral worm * How islands become peopled * Archipelagoes and reefs * Distribution of animals * Mountains in the sky * Giant condor of the Cordilleras * Highest lake in the world * Sacred Titicaca * Legend of Manco Copac * Curious myths * Wonders of three dead cities * Roads and messengers of the Incas * Among the Amazon Warriors * Primeval forests of the Amazon * Wonderful spider * Birds of gorgeous plumage * Savage animals and reptiles * Jaguars and anacondas

PART EIGHT – THE STORY OF AFRICA

THE BIRTHPLACE OF MAN:Glory of ancient Egypt * Oldest historic records of the country * Efforts to circumnavigate Africa * A mausoleum of civilizations * Broken cities and sand-covered monuments * Egyptian slavery * Horrible oppressions and terrible poverty * Wonders of the river Nile * How Egypt was formed * Africa well known to the ancients * The first circumnavigator

TREASURE FIELDS OF THE DARK CONTINENT:Periodic gold discoveries * Some singular things * Settlement of Cape Town * Discovery of the South African diamond fields * Formation of the Republic * Results of the gold discoveries * Output of the Rand * Government of Cecil Rhodes * A railroad from Cape Town to Egypt * Rapid development of Africa * Grand opportunities for African settlers * Contention between Dutch and English * Disputes and battles * Taxation of foreigners * Revolt in the Transvaal * Dr. Jameson’s raid * Fight at Krugersdorf * Matabele uprising * Fights with the Kaffirs * Land of rich opportunities

LIVINGSTONE’S TRAVELS IN AFRICA:Boyhood of the great missionary * Punished for reading books of travel * Recommended for the South African mission * Marriage to Miss Moffat * Start for the Bechuana Country * Study of the native languages * Founding a missionary station * Residence at Mabotsa * Land of lions * His first hunt * A thrilling adventure * He is shot! * Livingstone is seized by a lion and shaken like a rat * How it feels to be bitten by a lion * Saved by a dog * A servant in the jaws of the great beast * Chief Sechele’s friendship * Practices of the rainmaker * Dreadful drought * Great hunt * Driving big game into the hopo * Exciting time * Crossing the Desert of Kalahari * Wonderful plants * Peculiar watermelon * Carrying water in ostrich egg-shells * Curious manner of filling them * From Mabotsa to Lake Ngami by ox team * Remarkable salt basin * Mirage on the desert * Discovery of Lake Ngami * Visit to Chief Sebituane * Oswell, the elephant hunter * Strange diseases of wild animals * Why old lions attack humans * Natural cowardice of the lion * Singular facts about lions * Oswell’s horse seized by a lion * Some great adventures * Dragging down a buffalo * How the lion stalks and secures his prey * Courage of the Cape Buffalo * Serpents of South Africa * Teaching the natives * Hippopotamus hunters * Roaring of lions * Prodigious quantities of big game * Singular birds * Reptiles and animals * Adventures with the hippopotami * Facts about the animal

CROCODILE HAUNTS ALONG THE LEEAMBYE:Savage character of the river saurians * Crocodiles watching for their prey * A native dragged below by a crocodile * Plenty of game but no hunters * Among the Balonda people * Remarkable customs and superstitions * Female chiefs without clothes * Shinte tenders Livingstone a reception * A magic lantern exhibition * Excitement and fear produced by the picture of Abraham’s sacrifice * Shinte decorates Livingstone * African courtesy * Magic of a tailless ox * Arrival at Loanda * Impressions of the natives at first sight of the ocean * Livingstone is prostrated by fever * Starts upon a journey across the continent * Relics of iron works and sugar refineries * Marriages and funerals among the Angolas * A curious insect * Ravages of African ants * Fatal superstitions * A religion of dread * Native fear of white men * Smiles like the grin of crocodiles * Remarkable customs of the Tamba people * Livingstone’s narrow escape from a buffalo * Several awkward scenes of domestic entanglements * Capsized by a hippopotamus * A visit to Victoria Falls * Description of Africa’s Niagara * Buffaloes gore a wounded animal * Bird companions of the rhinoceros * Adventure with a cow elephant and calf * Description of an interesting hunt * Charged by a herd of elephants * Cruel sacrifice of children * Curious superstitions * A fight * Peculiarities of the Batoka tribe * An adventure with three buffalos * Ruins of an old fort * Sad death of Chief Sekweber

LIVINGSTONE’S SECOND EXPEDITION:Efforts to destroy the slave trade * Departure for the Zambesi * Wonderful voracity of Africans * Laughing rats * Capture of a baby elephant * A feast off elephant’s foot * Effects of rum on the natives * Wild dogs of Africa * Failure of the Mabotsa mission * A vicious bull hippopotamus * Woman seized by a crocodile * Return to Lake Nyassa * Sight of a white man affrights the natives * Death of Mrs. Livingstone * Exploration of the Rovuma River * Fight or pay toll * A strange animal * Terrible effects of slavery * Crocodiles gorging on dead bodies * Man seized by a crocodile * Bitter disappointments

LIVINGSTONE’S THIRD EXPEDITION:Appointed to present a ship to the Sultan of Zanzibar * Depature by dhow for the Rovuma * Landing the animals * Terrible combat with a leopard * Story of a leopard’s invasion * Murder of unmerchantable slaves * Strange customs and horrible scenes * A starving slave gang in the yokes * Man carried off by a crocodile * African iron furnaces * Inhumanity and superstitions * Abandonment of children * Service of the honey-bird * Dangerous serpents * Famine and serious loss * Meeting with an avaricious chief * Politeness of the Tanganyika people * Exploration of the lake shores * Lions, elephants and antelopes * A wedding in Africa * Marriage as a means of making peace * Cropping the ears of subjects * A gateway of skulls * African pomp and splendor * The royal palanquin * Wild animals in peaceful congregation

ON THE SHORES OF LAKE BANGWEOLO:A woman enslaved for infidelity * A lion brought to judgment * After death comes the ghost * A grave by the wayside * Memories of poor Mary * Discovery of Lake Bangweolo * Furious battle between natives * The killing of prisoners * Marching with yoked slaves * Stricken with pneumonia * Arrival at Ujiji * Writing for help that never came * A journey into Manyuema country * Fetich worshippers of Bambarre * Rapacity of soldier ants * Land of the tree-dwellers * Kindness of a woman leper * Completely miserable * A frog that sings like a bird * Fish that give milk * Making gris-gris charms from a woman’s heart * Dreadfully lacerated feet * Disgusting customs of the Manyuemas * Murder to procure meat * The head of a chief in a pot-house * Livingstone’s adventure with sokos * Eating soko feet * Causes leading to cannibalism * Fights between sokos and leopards * Transmigration of human souls * How the soko attacks men * Strange things about the animal * Remarkable customs of the Manyuema * Incoherent entries in Livingstone’s journal and their cause

AMONG THE MANYUEMA CANNIBALS:Departure from Bambarre * Description of the cannibals * How human flesh tastes * On the banks of Lualaba * An awful slaughter by slave dealers * Bloody scene at the market place * Livingstone to the rescue * Horrible feast off human bodies * Attacked by cannibals * Caught in the act of boiling a body * The American flag in Central Africa * Meeting between Livingstone and Stanley * Joint exploration of Lake Tanganyika * Singular ideas about the hereafter * How a cat killed a serpent * Ingenuity of African children * Livingstone’s last journey * Fording streams and crossing morasses * Gloomy reflections * Livingstone dying on the march * Painful journey in a kitanda * Particulars of the great traveler’s death * Faithfulness of his servants * A chief pays honors to the remains * Carrying the body through a hostile country * Burial in Westminster Abbey * Livingstone’s greatness

PART NINE – SIR SAMUEL BAKER’S EXPEDITION

PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OF A FAMOUS HUNTER:Baker devotes his fortune to discovering the Nile’s source * Accompanied by his young wife * Goes to school to learn Arabic * Recruiting a force at Khartoum * Outfitting for the expedition * A fatal buffalo hunt * Death of Sali Achmet from the toss of a bull * Unearthly looking devils * Among naked and ugly women * Novel contest with a hippopotamus * Long argument over a strange question * The Kytch people * Plenty of cattle, but no meat * Subsisting on rats, lizards and snakes * A beautiful native girl * Son successor to the wives of his father * A fight between two vicious women * Bleeding cows and boiling the blood * Protection against mosquitoes * A people with leather tails

CRIME AND CRUELTY AT GONDOKORO:Houses of the Bari tribe * Burial in front yards and ornamenting the graves * Curious costumes of a fierce people * Pigmy cattle * Poison arrows and their frightful effect * Throwing victims over a cliff * Meeting with Speke and Grant * Birds that pick holes in animals * An adopted boy * Dreadful plot discovered * Horrible beating of poor women * Narrow escape of Fadeela * Departure from Gondokoro * A momentous hour

THROUGH THE SAVAGE COUNTRY OF ELLYRIA:Annihilation threatened * A march under sore difficulties * Baker is besieged by curious natives * A disgusting feast * Conversation with a humpback * A monkey creates excitement * Making friends with an old reprobate * Chief Legge’s stinginess and voracity * Crammed with honey * Hunt in a game paradise * Reception by the Latookas * Another mutiny * Baker knocks out the leader * The Tarrangoile Apollos * Plentiful crop of human bones * Graves by the door * Weapons of the Latookas * First sight of a white man * Bokke grows impertinent and curious * Wild scene of a wilder people * Exciting funeral dance * A fat dancer * An atheistic native prince * Refuses to believe in a hereafter * Baker vanquished in an argument * Elephant hunting * Pursued by an enraged elephant * Narrow escape * How the Arabs hunt elephants * Dangerous sports

THE MAKKARIKA CANNIBALS:Bornu the traveler * Love of dog and human flesh * How children are killed and eaten * Chasing women in the treetops * On the march to Obbo * Enthusiastic reception * The Obbo People * Royal sorcerer * Father of six score children * Katchiba’s care of Mrs. Baker * A pumpkin-shell of beer * A king in goggles * Royalty riding pick-a-pack * Return to Latooka * Poison yams * Robbers who themselves were victims * Shooting baboons * Small pox * Death of Baker’s riding animals * Using magic to cure disease * An African harpist * Baker’s visit to Chief Katchiba * Reports of a big lake * Hunting big game by night * Killing an elephant as large as Jumbo * Tunnelling through the monster carcass * Adventure with a wild boar * Junction formed with a slave trader * Departure for Kamrasi’s country * Mrs. Baker thrown violently from an ox * Country flowing with milk and honey * Polite Fatikoans * Shaking hands with a whole village * Suspicious old king * Mrs. Baker sent to receive * The Unyoro natives * A royal old beggar * Abject homage of his wives and subjects * Urged to do his fighting * Childish disposition of the king

MARCH THROUGH THE KINGDOM OF UNYORO:Persistent importunities of Kamrasi * The king insists on having Mrs. Baker for wife * Satanic guard * An hour of sorest trial * Mrs. Baker in imminent peril * Seized with madness * Discovery of the Nile’s source * In honor of the prince consort * Descent of Magungo’s heights * Salt making in Africa * A sail on Albert Lake * Capsized by a storm * Baker’s greatest mistake * Shores covered with crocodiles * Up Somerset River * Efforts to buy Baker’s help * Dreadful condition * Meeting with a spurious king * Carried before Kamrasi * Hard alternative * An old royal nuisance * Castor oil plants as remedy * An overdose of tartar-emetic * Consternation in camp * Kamrasi in running dress * Defeat of Rionga * Beating a man to death * Kamrasi in a panic * Richarn kills a chief * Central Africa whiskey company * Thirst for strong drink

HORRIFYING ATROCITIES OF THE VICTORS:A dance in honor of Mrs. Baker * Ibrahim on a marauding expedition * Slave girl pleads for the life of her father * Man’s inhumanity * Massacre ordered by the Turk * Attacked by Bari savages * Disappointments at Gondokoro * Visited by the plague * Bagging a lot of antelopes * Voyage down the Nile * Death of little Saat * Arrival at Khartoum * A dreadful sandstorm * Net results of Baker’s expedition

ISMALIA, OR BAKER’S SECOND EXPEDITION:England orders suppression of the slave-trade * Slave market of Khartoum * Baker employed by the Khedive * An imposing flotilla * Attacked by a hippopotamus * Battle with a crocodile * Steamboating on dry land * Liberating slaves * In pursuit of ostriches * Hippo kills an old man * Capture of a slaver * Matrimony by wholesale * Everybody got a lady * Difficulties multiply * Attacked by a vicious hippo * Night of great excitement * Shooting to no avail * Biting a boat in two

SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH THE BARIS:Arrival at Gondokoro * Implacable hostility of the natives* Dispute about grazing ground * An expedition against the rebels * Assault on the stockade * Soldiers mutilated by a crocodile * Shocking adventures * Girl eaten by crocodiles * Attack on a herd of elephants * Peace made over a feast * Wonderful strength of the elephant * A line of fortified posts * Famous old magician * Dispelling a rain cloud * In a nest of slave dealers * Display of force * Extraordinary scene * Naked women at the dance * Land desolated by war * Establishing a strong government * Visit from Kabba Rega * Walking like a giraffe * Personal appearance of the king * Charmed by a watch * Argument of a savage king * Exhibition of buffoonery * Torture by slave hunters * Royal funeral * Burying subjects alive

VALUE OF GIRLS IN AFRICA:Releasing slaves from the pen * Needles in exchange for wives * Fortunate the man of many daughters * A Bari chief’s idea of slavery * Effect produced by a looking glass * Conjured by a photograph * Company of human devils * The Bonosoora guard * Poisoned by drinking cider * Destruction of Masindi * Cutting their way through * Enemies in the grass * Shelling the woods * Mowed down by Snider rifles * Impaled by spears * The wonderful alarm bird * Meeting with Rionga * Ceremony of the blood brotherhood * Battle with Abou Saood * With the Makkarika cannibals * Making food of children * A great hunt * Game fleeing before the burning grass * Catching antelopes in a net * How the natives care for their children * Adventure with a lioness * A peaceful government * Without religion and yet honest * Preparations to return to England * Failure to accomplish his mission * How Africa is being redeemed

HUNTING BIG GAME IN AFRICA:Baker falls in with a company of aggageers * Bull elephant discovered * A terrific charge * Astounding exhibition of dexterity and daring * Hamstringing the elephant with a sword * How elephant and rhinoceros wage battle * Thrilling rhino hunt * Stirring sight for a sportsman * Mad pursuit of a pair of rhinoceri * Shot at long range * Running on three legs * Firing the grass in a game country * An exciting hunt * Preparing for a chase * Rhinoceros charges Baker’s horse * Bringing the savage animal to bay * Wounded but escapes * Hippopotamus hunting on the Atbara * Baker’s first adventure * Man bitten to death by a hippo * Terrible commotion in the water * Cracked his skull * Breakfast of hippo flesh * In pursuit of a herd * Bloody struggle * Harpooning a hippo * Measuring a monster bull * Long chase * Man bitten in twain by a hippo * Interesting facts about hippos * How the Howartis hunt * Playing a big fish * Singular method of hunting *An object of intense ferocity * The hippo charges * The Empire of Theodore * The Italians in Abyssinia

STANLEY’S TRAVELS IN AFRICA:Bennett’s surprising instructions * An order to draw for any amount * Outfitting an expedition to search for Livingstone * Preparations at Zanzibar * En route for Central Africa * First sight of big game * Curiosity of the Wagungu * First dog in Africa * Death from a tse tse fly bite * Some wonderful women * Tidings of Livingstone * A remarkable African city * The Sultana’s revenge * Stanley’s soldiers arrested * Exposed in the marketplace * In a sea of difficulties * Marching through swamps * Internal dissensions and a fight * An attempt to assassinate Stanley * Farquehar abandons the expedition * Threatening attitude of the Ugogo * Encounter with the natives * A handsome people in goat skins

CENTRAL AFRICAN TRIBES:Stanley’s ethnographic studies * Wonderful Wagogo tribe * Materialistic beliefs * Punishments for crimes * Best agriculturists of Africa * A royal reception * Effort to conciliate a war chief

THE LOST TRAVELER FOUND:Afflicted with hypochondria * Mirambo, the guerilla chief * Having fun with the sultan * Rum, quinine and ammonia * Suppressing a meeting by heroic means * Narrow escape from a crocodile * Hunts and adventures on the way * Frightened leopard * Monkeys and wild boars * Livingstone heard from * Voice of the spirit of Tanganyika * Stanley’s meeting with Livingstone * Glass of champagne at Ujiji * Escaping the tribute gatherers * Joint exploration of Tanganyika Lake * Incidents of the return journey * Adventure with an elephant * Pomp and circumstance of war * Picturesque war costumes * Feelings aroused by Stanley’s success * English jealousies * Burial of Livingstone in Westminster

STANLEY’S SECOND EXPEDITION:Plan to complete Livingstone’s work * Organization for the journey * Start from Bagamoyo * Death of Edward Pocock * Exploration of Victoria Lake * Shooting a monitor * Encounter with natives * Effects of a pistol shot * An invitation from King Mtesa * Arrival at the capital of Uganda * Amazing sight of African royalty * Mtesa welcomes Stanley * The most powerful of African potentates * Stanley’s audience with the great king * Astonishing stories of cruelty * Review of Mtesa’s army * Shooting for the king’s amusement * In the hands of the enemy * A lucky escape * Sinking boats by rifle shots

LUKONGEH, THE ROYAL SORCERER:The magic of Ukerewe * His majesty on a drunk * How a king made a crocodile his servant * Legends of the Ukara Islanders * A hippo that came to be milked * Mtesa’s enormous army * War with the Wasoga * Manoeuvres of Mtesa’s army * Bearing of the king * War cries of the Waganda * Wonderful spectacle * Great naval battle * Toggery of the chief priests * Attack and defeat * Stanley’s strategy in aid of Mtesa * Departure for the west * Strange stories of the natives * Meeting with a bandit king * An African gentleman * Ishmaels of Central Africa

INTO LANDS OF THE UNKNOWN:The Lady Alice afloat on Tanganyika * Village filled with dead bodies * The Wabembe cannibals * Strange facts about Tanganyika Lake * Determining the source of the Nile * Desertion, through fear of being eaten * Singular things about the Manyuema * The white man a great curiosity * A paralyzing costume * Big time for children * Cannibals and dwarfs * Dreadful orgies of the Manyuema * Tipo-Tib’s wonderful tale * Woman shot by dwarf’s arrow * Mowing down the little devils * Capture of the dwarf king * Enormous snakes * Among the Uregga cannibals * A people who live like monkeys * Description of a strange animal * Skull decorations of a cannibal village * Human flesh the common dish * Circumcision a native rite * In a region of fable and darkness * Capture of a dwarf * Fighting and floating down the Congo * Effort to charm the strangers * Hospitable natives of Rubunga * Necklaces of human relics * A fight on the river * Setting nets to snare the expedition * King Chumbiri * Boy crushed by a great snake * Death of little Kalulu * Destruction of the magic book * Tragic death of Frank Pocock * A people singularly decorated * The rum traffic * Relief in an hour of peril * Stanley’s third expedition * The shame of his purpose and crime of his action * Accident to Emin Bey at Zanzibar

PART NINE – PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC

WONDERS OF THE OCEAN ARCHIPELAGOES:Strange conceits of the early navigators * Hawaii, the beautiful * The killing of Captain Cook * Founding of the Hawaiian dynasty * Fetich worship of the natives * Characteristics of the aborigines * Bloody and licentious practices of the people * Spirits in slavery to gods of the volcanoes * Customs that indicate Hebrew relationship * A proposal to eat the king * Favorite sports of the Hawaiians * Dogs as food * Natural productions of the Islands * Honolulu, the Capital City * Wonders of the active volcanoes * Seas of boiling lava and rivers of flame * Kilauea, the terrible * Pele, the goddess of fire * The lepers of Molokai * How the outcasts are cared for * Edenic isles of Tahiti * Lost continent of the Pacific * Astonishing facts about Oceanica * Tahiti, the beautiful * Influence of the Bounty mutineers * Religious beliefs and observances * Law of caste * Beautiful women of Tahiti * Villages and productions * Bougainville attacked by slingers * Intermarriage among the Tahitians * Reverence for the Tahiti king * Revolting ceremonies * Licentious carnivals * Samoa and Fiji * Facts about the Samoans * Influence of the Bounty mutineers * Religious beliefs and observances * Law of caste * Beautiful women of Tahiti * Villages and productions * Bougainville attacked by slingers * Intermarriage among the Tahitians * Reverence for the Tahiti king * Revolting ceremonies * Licentious carnivals * Samoa and Fiji * Facts about the Samoans * Free from superstitions * Clothes of cocoanut fibre * Diseases that ravage the Fijians * How kava is prepared * Surprising dissimilarities of neighboring peoples * Savagery of Fijians * Remarkable customs * Murder and cannibalism * Astonishing legends * Fijians acquainted with Bible stories * How a flock of gulls killed an octopus * The Story of New Zealand * Scenery of the country * Wild race of Maoris * Cook’s battle with natives * Scenes of cannibalism * Theory of evolution entertained by New Zealanders * Sacredness of the tapu * The Great Island Continent * Paradoxical animals of Australia * First efforts to cross the desert * Fierce heat of the island * Strange reptiles and wonderful vegetable growths * Something about the Bushmen * Witchcraft and morals * Legend of the sleeping Titan * Colonization of Australia * Results of gold discoveries

PART TEN – ISLAND LANDS OF THE ORIENT

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES:Wonderful palace ruins in Java * Effects of religion * Suicide of the Rajah’s wives * Holocaust in the forest * Storms, earthquakes and volcanic cataclysms * History of the Philippine Islanders * Baptism of the king and queen of Cebu * Battle with natives * Heroic death of Magellan * Defeat of the Spaniards * Other disasters of the expedition * Spanish atrocities * Among thieves * People of the Ladrone Islands * Sack and burning of the capital of Cebu * Remarkable ceremony of propitiation * A brass band in the rice fields * Productions of the islands * Latest rebellion * Shameful burdens laid by Spain upon her colonies * Weyler’s mailed hand * Desolation everywhere

PART ELEVEN – THE EMPIRE OF LITTLE GIANTS

RESOURCES OF THE JAPANESE:Sudden prominence assumed by Japan * Whence came the people * Founding of the Empire * Authority of the Mikado * Extent of the Empire * The large cities * Dangerous volcanoes * Terrible cataclysms * Sacred mountain of Fujisan or Mount Fuji * Rivers and lakes of Japan * Typhoons and earthquakes * One of the most terrible earthquakes in history * Conveyances in Japan * Village and rural life * Poverty of the farming class * Free schools * Hero worship of the Japanese * Tenets of Shintoism * How Buddhism displaced the original faith * Social life of the courtly and amiable people * Ingenuity of the Japanese * War between China and Japan * Korea the bone of contention * Miserable character of the Koreans * Astonishing superstitions * Longstanding hatred between China and Japan * Fighting qualities of the Japanese * The advance into Korea * The fight at Chemulpo * Battle on Ping Yang * Storming of Wei-hai-wei * Benefits of the war to China * A big indemnity * Kingdom of the Yellow Robe * Peculiarities of the Chinese * The patriarchal idea of government * Obedience of children * Terrible punishment for crimes * A cruel and dishonest people * Manner of living and habits of the poor * Conceit of the Celestials * An astonishing funeral ceremony * The queue a badge of servitude * The Great Chinese Wall * Its effects upon the nation * European nations covetous of China

PART TWELVE – RUSSIA AND SIBERIA

COUNTRY OF THE CZAR:Magnitude of the Russian Empire * Bleak barrens of Siberia * Hunting with the bullet-tipped whip * The Gilyak hunters * How bears are made to kill themselves * Their use in superstitious ceremonies * Festival of the bear * Visit to a convict’s hut on the tundra * My first meeting with wolves * An exile’s story * Tale of a wayside inn * A governor’s race for life * The leader calls his pack * Wolves devour the dead * Clubbing the most daring * A dreadful battle for life * Exile life in Siberia * Falsehoods about the country * Work in the mines * Great rivers, lakes and opportunities * Building of the trans-Siberian railway * The Golden Horn * Around the world in forty days * War clouds in the Remember folks, this is an 1898 original. This book is 128 years old!

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