Marco Polo -- The shipwreck of Pelsart -- The wonderful adventures of Andrew Battel -- The wanderings of a Capuchin -- Peter Carder -- The preservation of the "Terra nova" -- Spitzbergen --D'Ermenonville's acclimatization adventure -- The old slave trade -- Miles Philips -- The sufferings of Robert Everard -- John Fox -- Alvaro Nunez -- The foundation of an empire
Summary
This book offers a collection of tales of various explorers and travelers throughout the centuries and opens with a chapter on Marco Polo. The author also gives keen insight into the political and social state of the Tartars at the time when Marco Polo interacted with them.