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Captains of Adventure

Captains of Adventure

by Roger Pocock

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Author
Pocock, Roger, 1865-1941
Title
Captains of adventure
Original Publication
United States: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1913.
Credits
Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
CT: History: Biography
Subject
Adventure and adventurers
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72176
Release Date
November 20, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CAPTAINS OF ADVENTURE
  2. 2.ADVENTURERS
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.CAPTAINS OF ADVENTURE
  5. 5.CAPTAINS OF ADVENTURE — I A. D. 984 THE VIKINGS IN AMERICA
  6. 6.II A. D. 1248 THE CRUSADERS
  7. 7.III A. D. 1260 THE MIDDLE AGES IN ASIA
  8. 8.IV A. D. 1322 THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILLE
  9. 9.V A. D. 1492 COLUMBUS
  10. 10.VI A. D. 1519 THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO
  11. 11.VII A. D. 1532 THE CONQUEST OF PERU
  12. 12.VIII A. D. 1534 THE CORSAIRS
  13. 13.IX A. D. 1542 PORTUGAL IN THE INDIES
  14. 14.X A. D. 1841 RAJAH BROOKE
  15. 15.XI A. D. 1842 THE SPIES — I — II
  16. 16.XII A. D. 1842 A YEAR’S ADVENTURES
  17. 17.XIII A.D. 1843 KIT CARSON
  18. 18.XIV A. D. 1845 THE MAN WHO WAS A GOD
  19. 19.XV A. D. 1853 THE GREAT FILIBUSTER
  20. 20.XVI A. D. 1857 BUFFALO BILL
  21. 21.XVII A. D. 1860 THE AUSTRALIAN DESERT — I — II
  22. 22.XVIII A. D. 1867 THE HERO-STATESMAN
  23. 23.XIX A. D. 1870 THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
  24. 24.XX A. D. 1871 LORD STRATHCONA
  25. 25.XXI A. D. 1872 THE SEA HUNTERS
  26. 26.XXII A. D. 1879 THE BUSHRANGERS
  27. 27.XXIII A. D. 1883 THE PASSING OF THE BISON
  28. 28.XXIV A. D. 1885 GORDON
  29. 29.XXV A. D. 1896 THE OUTLAW
  30. 30.XXVI A. D. 1898 A KING AT TWENTY-FIVE
  31. 31.XXVII A. D. 1898 JOURNEY OF EWART GROGAN
  32. 32.XXVIII A. D. 1900 THE COWBOY PRESIDENT
  33. 33.XXIX A. D. 1905 THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
  34. 34.XXX A. D. 1588 JOHN HAWKINS
  35. 35.XXXI A. D. 1573 FRANCIS DRAKE
  36. 36.XXXII A. D. 1587 THE FOUR ARMADAS
  37. 37.XXXIII A. D. 1583 SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT
  38. 38.XXXIV A. D. 1603 SIR WALTER RALEIGH
  39. 39.XXXV A. D. 1608 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
  40. 40.XXXVI A. D. 1670 THE BUCCANEERS
  41. 41.XXXVII A. D. 1682 THE VOYAGEURS
  42. 42.XXXVIII A. D. 1741 THE EXPLORERS
  43. 43.XXXIX A. D. 1750 THE PIRATES
  44. 44.XL A. D. 1776 DANIEL BOONE
  45. 45.XLI A. D. 1813 ANDREW JACKSON
  46. 46.XLII A. D. 1836 SAM HOUSTON
  47. 47.XLIII A. D. 1836 DAVY CROCKETT
  48. 48.XLIV A. D. 1793 ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
  49. 49.XLV THE WHITE MAN’S COMING
  50. 50.XLVI THE BEAVER
  51. 51.XLVII A. D. 1911 THE CONQUEST OF THE POLES
  52. 52.XLVIII WOMEN
  53. 53.XLIX THE CONQUERORS OF INDIA
  54. 54.L A. D. 1805 THE MAN WHO SHOT LORD NELSON
  55. 55.LI A. D. 1812 THE FALL OF NAPOLEON
  56. 56.LII A. D. 1813 RISING WOLF
  57. 57.LIII A. D. 1819 SIMON BOLIVAR
  58. 58.LIV A. D. 1812 THE ALMIRANTE COCHRANE
  59. 59.LV A.D. 1823 THE SOUTH SEA CANNIBALS
  60. 60.LVI A.D. 1840 A TALE OF VENGEANCE — Transcriber’s Notes

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