Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - *Non-fiction, Travel & Geography

Authors: Hendrik van Loon In Year : 1916

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

Dedication, Historical introduction
Chapter I. Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Part I
Chapter I. Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Part II
Chapter II. The Northeast Passage. Part I
Chapter II. The Northeast Passage. Part II
Chapter III. The Tragedy of Spitzbergen
Chapter IV. The First Voyage to India - Failure
Chapter V. The Second Voyage to India - Success
Chapter VI. Van Noort Circumnavigates the World. Part I
Chapter VI. Van Noort Circumnavigates the World. Part II
Chapter VII. The Attack Upon the West Coast of America. Part I
Chapter VII. The Attack Upon the West Coast of America. Part II
Chapter VIII. The Bad Luck of Captain Bontekoe
Chapter IX. Schouten and Le Maire Discover a New Strait
Chapter X. Tasman Explores Australia
Chapter XI. Roggeveen, the Last of the Great Voyagers

This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The men who took part in these voyages sacrificed their lives as cheerfully as they lighted a new pipe or opened a fresh bottle. Some of them were drowned, and some of them died of thirst. A few were frozen to death, and many were killed by the heat of the scorching sun. But what of it? It was all in the day's work. These excellent fellows took whatever came, be it good or bad, or indifferent, with perfect grace, and kept on smiling. They kept their powder dry, did whatever their hands found to do, and left the rest to the care of that mysterious Providence who probably knew more about the ultimate good of things than they did. - Summary from the preface