SHED LIGHT ON DARK PLACES OF THE EARTH
Edmund Nobie writes in the Toston Sunday Herald about humankind’s drive to map the world from sea depths to air and space. He traces ancient geography from Babylonians to Greeks, notes unknown regions in North America and South America, and chronicles polar exploration milestones from Nansen to Peary, highlighting the finite reach of early expeditions and ongoing hunger to chart the Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eary
North Pols
Edmund Nobie
Toston Sunday Herald
United States
Spain
Africa
Britain
India
China
Germany
Scandinavia
Asia
Iceland
Greenland
Russia
Sarmatia
Mongolia
Manchuria
North America
Development in Africa and its ancient heritage
A compact survey notes Africa as a recently opened continent and outlines its ancient lands. It mentions Egypt with the shepherd kings, Nile, and pyramids, and recalls Hanno the Carthaginian voyage along the west coast to Sierra Leone.
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Africa
Prica
Egypt
Nile
Hanno
Sierra
World exploration milestones through ages and seas
The record traces major geographic advances from Magellan’s Victoria to the explorations of Columbus Vespucci and Cortez, noting continents mapped, oceans navigated, and rivers like the Nile and Niger scientifically charted. It highlights African exploration names such as Livingstone and Stanley and cites miles of coastline understood versus unknown regions.
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Magellan
Globe
Americas
Australia
Africa
Siberia
Columbus
San Salvador
Jamaica
Jnidad
Orinoco
Amerigo Vespucci
Leone
Vasco da Gama
Cape
Livingstone
Mungo Park
Bruce
Baker
Stanley
Speke
Schweinfurt
du Chailly
Serpa Pinto
Wiaun
Donaldson
Niger
Nile
Zambes
Gongs
Amazon
Bringing Gold From Klondike Ahead of Spring Rush
Gold from placer digs in the Tanama Nazina districts Gold Bar creek in Klondike and the Nome district was not brought to Seattle last spring but is coming by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanama
Nazina
Gold Bar Creek
Klondike
Nome
Seattle
Valdez
Copper River
Seattle Times
Portland
Jack Burton
Diller
Burton
Jefferson
Uncle Sam
John D. Rockefeller
Yukon Valley
United States
Ninth Avenue
Circle
Birgh
Eldorado
Franklin's Fatal Journey in Arctic Exploration
An account of Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition and the long search for his 129 crew. It details the Erebus and Terror, grave discoveries on King William Land, and late 19th century findings confirming the fate of the expedition amid ongoing northern exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir John Franklin
Erebus
Terror
King William Land
Great Fish River
Beecheys
Rae
McClintock
Hobson
Lieut. B. Schwatka
United States Army
Elephants Tamed for Labor and Transport in Age of Training
Newly captured elephants undergo a lengthy conformity process, from quiet stints beside tame ones to staged restraint with crooks and prods. After weeks, they bathe with tame elephants, then work solo in brick work, wagon towing, and heavy material tasks. The animal shows apparent understanding and voluntary cooperation, surpassing horses in timber handling and rock moving.
The Elephant Judges Stone Weight and Moves It Precisely
The elephant Immly uses its trunk and body to move a hollow stone into position. It kneels, lifts the stone with its head, steadies it with a foot, and shifts the stone with its trunk. It then circles to view and adjust, judging weight by its strength, hesitating if powerless and roaring with temper if urged.
Summer Holiday On Virginia Farm For Mrs Matthews' Five
A doctor urges fresh air for whooping cough and Mrs Matthews takes five children to a Virginia hillside farm for six weeks. The journey excites the family, and the children enjoy views, woods, and a seaside-like setting. They forget their illness amid farm life and a windmill, returning home with tales and new memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woods
Anite
Good Legal Advice
A busy lawyer recalls lecture counsel that success in law comes from punctual, long hours. A middle aged visitor credits this exact work ethic for his rise, claiming the advice made him successful. The encounter ends with a quick farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carruth
Law School
The Barn in the Rain
A lyrical fragment describes a gray barn and draggled meadow under a stormy sky. Yor weaves rain into silver threads over muddy puddles while cattle huddle and a warm haymow offers shelter. The speaker recalls childhood innocence and a longing for life’s warm heart.
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Alaska
South America
Chinghis Khan
Europe
Marco Polo
Prievalsky
Sven Sledin
Pacific
Yermak
Sibir
Amur
Sea of Okhotsk
Kamschatka
Behring Straits
Central
Burma
Thibet
Capt
Cook
New Holland
Wentworth
Tivans
Sturt
Burke
Willis
Warburton
Forest
Giles
Morocco
Abyssinia
Poles
South Pole
Antarctics
South Shetland Islands
Capt. Smith
Enderby Land
Graham Land
Biscoe
Wilkesland
Iby Wilkes
Victoria Land
James Ross
Ross
Antarctic
North Pole
Parry
Markham
Greely
Lieut
Lockwood
Pole
Nansen
Cagni
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
Peary
Greensland
America
Cape Sheridan
Afric
Borchgrevink
Arctic Pole
Gunthjorn
Eric the Red
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Davis
Frobisher
Hudson
Baffin
Northeast Passage
Barentz
Chancellor
McClure
Baron Nordenskjold
Norway
Pacific Ocean
Franklin
Theart
James Oppenheim
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