Inhoudsopgave “...Raffles and Singapore -- Charles Darwin and the Beagle -- Gold rush to California -- Marie Curie discovers radium -- Francis Younghusband and Tibet -- Robert Baden-Powell founds the Scout movement -- Peary reaches the North Pole -- Bleriot flies the English Channel -- Shackleton and the Endurance -- Amelia Earhart flies round the world -- The heritage of man. ...”