A larger version of the map between page xx and 17 is available in the html version of this e-text at www.gutenbrg.org.
Page vii-xx: there are some differences in wording between the table of contents/list of illustrations and the actual text; these have not been standardised. The order of entries in the list of illustrations is as printed in the source document.
Page xviii, list of illustrations: there is no illustration “Floating Island” in the source document. The portrait on page 500 is not included in the list of illustrations.
Several of the engravings in the source document were damaged and/or discoloured because of the book’s binding; some of this damage and discolouration remains visible in this e-text.
Page 20, Bartholmew Dias: as printed in the source document.
Page 24: Heinreich Barth: probably an error for Heinrich Barth.
Page 146, ... five days’ marches brought us to Mrera: possibly an error, as they recently left Mrera.
Page 146, ... who had by this forgotten ...: there appears to be a word missing (time or similar).
Page 226, $364 061⁄2: as printed in the source document; the decimal point (or possibly a digit) may be missing.
Page 313, In the chest ... scrople.: as printed in the source document.