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A Book of Discovery
by M. B. Synge
Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of self-sacrifice unrivalled and faithful lives laid ungrudgingly down. Of the many who went forth, the few only attained. It is of these few that this book tells. (From the Preface of the book).
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Total running time: 16:29:43
Read by Kristine Bekere
In addition to the reader, this audio book was produced by:
Dedicated Proof-Listener: Laura Caldwell
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Kristine Bekere
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- 00 - Introduction – 00:12:19
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[ogg vorbis - 7.65MB] - 01 - A Little Old World – 00:14:53
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[ogg vorbis - 8.93MB] - 02 - Early Mariners – 00:16:58
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - 03 - Is the World Flat – 00:12:15
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[ogg vorbis - 7.57MB] - 04 - Herodotus?the Traveller – 00:15:42
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[ogg vorbis - 9.70MB] - 05 - Alexander the Great Explores India – 00:25:41
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[ogg vorbis - 16MB] - 06 - Pytheas Finds the British Isles – 00:10:57
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[ogg vorbis - 6.77MB] - 07 - Julius Caesar as Explorer – 00:13:14
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[ogg vorbis - 7.99MB] - 08 - Strabo's Geography – 00:10:19
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[ogg vorbis - 6.23MB] - 09 - The Roman Empire and Pliny – 00:10:46
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[ogg vorbis - 6.66MB] - 10 - Ptolemy's Maps – 00:05:23
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[ogg vorbis - 3.31MB] - 11 - Pilgrim Travellers – 00:09:40
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[ogg vorbis - 5.93MB] - 12 - Irish Explorers – 00:09:33
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[ogg vorbis - 5.86MB] - 13 - After Mohammed – 00:08:28
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[ogg vorbis - 5.14MB] - 14 - The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas – 00:09:44
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[ogg vorbis - 5.97MB] - 15 - Arab Wayfarers – 00:17:23
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 18 - The End of Mediaeval Exploration – 00:12:40
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[ogg vorbis - 7.64MB] - 19 - Mediaeval Maps – 00:05:36
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[ogg vorbis - 3.39MB] - 20 - Prince Henry of Portugal – 00:19:54
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 21 - Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape – 00:08:34
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[ogg vorbis - 5.68MB] - 22 - Christopher Columbus – 00:14:47
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[ogg vorbis - 9.79MB] - 23 - A Great New World – 00:11:25
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[ogg vorbis - 7.54MB] - 24 - Vasco da Gama Reaches India – 00:14:10
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[ogg vorbis - 9.41MB] - 25 - Discovery of the Spice Islands – 00:16:54
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 26 - Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean – 00:09:32
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[ogg vorbis - 6.35MB] - 27 - Magellan Sails Round the World – 00:16:49
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 28 - Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico – 00:18:25
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 29 - Explorers in South America – 00:15:22
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[ogg vorbis - 10MB] - 30 - Cabot Sails to Newfoundland – 00:06:52
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[ogg vorbis - 4.37MB] - 31 - Jacques Cartier Explores Canada – 00:11:05
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[ogg vorbis - 7.34MB] - 32 - Search For a North-West Passage – 00:14:30
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[ogg vorbis - 9.60MB] - 33 - Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage – 00:05:56
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[ogg vorbis - 3.92MB] - 34 - Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World – 00:18:08
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 35 - Davis Straight – 00:11:59
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[ogg vorbis - 7.44MB] - 36 - Barents Sails to Spitzbergen – 00:13:56
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[ogg vorbis - 8.56MB] - 37 - Hudson Finds His Bay – 00:13:14
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[ogg vorbis - 8.84MB] - 38 - Baffin Finds His Bay – 00:07:59
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[ogg vorbis - 5.38MB] - 39 - Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado – 00:08:12
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[ogg vorbis - 5.16MB] - 40 - Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario – 00:09:56
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[ogg vorbis - 6.72MB] - 41 - Early Discoverers of Australia – 00:10:21
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[ogg vorbis - 6.39MB] - 42 - Tasman Finds Tasmania – 00:06:19
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[ogg vorbis - 3.95MB] - 43 - Dampier Discovers His Straight – 00:10:58
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[ogg vorbis - 6.80MB] - 44 - Behring Finds His Straight – 00:13:04
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[ogg vorbis - 8.10MB] - 45 - Cook Discovers New Zealand – 00:19:27
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 46 - Cook's Third Voyage and Death – 00:18:11
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 47 - Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia – 00:18:28
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 49 - Vancouver Discovers His Island – 00:08:46
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[ogg vorbis - 5.59MB] - 50 - Mackenzie and His River – 00:04:41
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[ogg vorbis - 3.00MB] - 51 - Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound – 00:12:51
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[ogg vorbis - 8.09MB] - 52 - The Frozen North – 00:17:43
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 53 - Franklin's Land Voyage to the North – 00:09:57
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[ogg vorbis - 6.36MB] - 54 - Parry's Polar Voyage – 00:06:01
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[ogg vorbis - 3.90MB] - 55 - The Search for Timbuktu – 00:13:59
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[ogg vorbis - 8.95MB] - 56 - Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger – 00:06:57
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[ogg vorbis - 4.46MB] - 57 - Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole – 00:13:17
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[ogg vorbis - 8.91MB] - 58 - Flinders Names Australia – 00:18:01
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 59 - Sturt's Discoveries in Australia – 00:15:51
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[ogg vorbis - 11MB] - 60 - Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas – 00:08:00
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[ogg vorbis - 5.39MB] - 61 - Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage – 00:13:58
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[ogg vorbis - 9.33MB] - 62 - David Livingstone – 00:18:23
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 63 - Burton and Speke in Central Africa – 00:10:49
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[ogg vorbis - 7.30MB] - 64 - Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa – 00:07:48
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[ogg vorbis - 5.28MB] - 65 - Expedition to Victoria Nyanza – 00:12:16
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[ogg vorbis - 8.31MB] - 66 - Baker Finds Albert Nyanza – 00:11:55
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[ogg vorbis - 8.13MB] - 67 - Livingstone's Last Journey – 00:19:00
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 68 - Through the Dark Continent – 00:25:49
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[ogg vorbis - 17MB] - 69 - Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage – 00:17:57
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 70 - The Exploration of Tibet – 00:19:04
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 71 - Nansen Reaches Farthest North – 00:17:21
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[ogg vorbis - 12MB] - 72 - Peary Reaches the North Pole – 00:11:39
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[ogg vorbis - 7.92MB] - 73 - The Quest for the South Pole – 00:19:19
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[ogg vorbis - 13MB] - 74 - Dates of Chief Events – 00:11:10
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Cataloged on November 30, 2009













