"Under that tile, Moffat, Yard & Co. publish Mr. Bonsal's latest work, a volume of 500 pages containing chapters on Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela. Of course, the great Isthmian Canal comes in for a large share of attention, and several of the more important illustrations with which the book abounds are devoted to the picturesque aspects of that immense undertaking."
"with the MacMillan party on board, and with scuppers awash, the ship loaded as she had never been loaded before, on its way to the far North. On the coast of Labrador the ancient Diana went on the rocks, and the expedition, after many adventures, boarded the wheezy old Erik, fifty years ancient, and her old bones shrieking with agony under the tremendous load which she had to carry, and reached Prov"
A 500-page volume titled 'The American Mediterranean' surveys Cuba, Haiti, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela, devoting substantial attention to the Isthmian Canal and including numerous picturesque illustrations. Much of the material is newly published, reflecting long experience and careful travel observation, with passages on Venezuelan regimes noted as timely. A separate narrative, 'Four Years in the White North,' recounts the Crocker Land Expedition's four years of exploration in North Greenland, the Diana's 1913 voyage and grounding off Labrador, the party's transfer to the aged Erik, and the hardships, privations and discoveries endured during Arctic exploration.
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