The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known, is geographical exploration of world which was discovered by human race of each other. This book is written by the American historian Joseph Jacobs, who was also a folklorist, has numerous writings to his credit such as collections of Fables of Bidpai, Fables of Aesop, English Fairy Tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, Indian Fairy Tales, and European Folk and Fairy Tales.

This book narrates the chronological events of voyages and travels by most popular travelers who had contributed to the discovery of world in different eras such as Dark ages, and medieval period. The appendix of the book contains the complete events of the year of each continent and countries discovered.

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