NINETEENTH CENTURY.
N. D'Anvers translation
BY JULES VERNE
TRANSLATED BY
N. D'ANVERS,
AUTHOR OF "HEROES OF NORTH AFRICAN DISCOVERY," "HEROES OF SOUTH AFRICAN DISCOVERY," ETC.
WITH 51 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY LÉON BENETT, AND 57 FAC-SIMILES FROM EARLY MSS. AND MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.
London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1881. [All rights reserved.]
TO
DR. G. G. GARDINER,
I Dedicate this Translation
WITH SINCERE AND GRATEFUL ESTEEM.
N. D'ANVERS.
HENDON, Christmas, 1880.
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.
In offering the present volume to the English public, the Translator wishes to thank the Rev. Andrew Carter for the very great assistance given by him in tracing all quotations from English, German, and other authors to the original sources, and for his untiring aid in the verification of disputed spellings, &c.
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