Norwood Press
F. S. Gushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Boston Bookbinding, Co., Cambridge, Mass.
MCMVIII
Copyright, 1897
By John L. Stoddard
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
IT is now nearly four hundred years since the brave discoverer,Magellan, first sailed around the world. Yet, tillcomparatively recent times, three years were necessaryto complete the circuit. To-day,some Phineas Fogg can put a girdleround the earth in less than eightydays, and messages are flashed tous from China and Ceylon in lessthan eighty seconds. The old-timespirit of adventure amid unknownscenes, which thrilled the travelerof former years, has