Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1. / The Exploration of the World

by Jules Verne

[Map of the World as known to the Ancients.]

[Approach to Constantinople.] Anselmi Banduri Imperium orientale, tome II., p. 448. 2 vols. folio. Parisiis, 1711.

[Map of the World according to Marco Polo's ideas.] Vol. I., p. 134 of the edition of Marco Polo published in London by Colonel Yule, 2 vols. 8vo.

[Plan of Pekin in 1290.] Yule's edition. Vol. I., p. 332.

[Portrait of Jean de Béthencourt.] "The discovery and conquest of the Canaries." Page 1, 12mo. Paris, 1630.

[Plan of Jerusalem.] "Narrative of the journey beyond seas to the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem," by Antoine Régnant, p. 229, 4to. Lyons, 1573.

[Prince Henry the Navigator.] From a miniature engraved in "The Discoveries of Prince Henry the Navigator," by H. Major. 8vo. London, 1877.

[Christopher Columbus.] Taken from "Vitæ illustrium virorum," by Paul Jove. Folio. Basileæ, Perna.

[Imaginary view of Seville.] Th. de Bry. Grands Voyages, pl. I., part IV.

[Building of a caravel.] Th. de Bry. Grands Voyages, Americæ, part IV., plate XIX.