Greatest Wonders of the World

Esther Singleton (1865 - 1930)

A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age. Travelers include William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, Sir Richard F. Burton and Alexandre Dumas. - Summary by LynneT

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): travel (288), Charles Dickens (21), Victor Hugo (10), Hans Christian Andersen (7), sir walter scott (7), anthony trollope (5), john ruskin (4), Percy Shelley (3), Alexander von Humboldt (3), david livingstone (3) ... [Show full list]

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Blue Grotto of Capri by Alexandre Dumas George Banfield
00:09:25
Play 02 Mount Blanc and Chamouni by Percy Bysshe Shelley BettyB
00:13:58
Play 03 The Dead Sea by Pierre Loti Gillian Hendrie
00:15:40
Play 04 Mount Vesuvius by Charles Dickens Steve C
00:32:34
Play 05 The Falls of the Rhine by Victor Hugo Frederick O'Brien
00:11:16
Play 06 In Arctic and Antarctic Seas I. by Lord Dufferin Piotr Nater
00:11:24
Play 07 In Arctic and Antarctic Seas II. by W. G. Burn Murdoch Piotr Nater
00:04:53
Play 08 The Desert of Sahara by Eugène Fromentin Chuck Lavazzi
00:13:53
Play 09 Fingal’s Cave I. by Sir Walter Scott WesleyDragonSight
00:10:19
Play 10 Fingal’s Cave II. by John Keats Alan Mapstone
00:06:35
Play 11 In the Himalayas by G. W. Steevens BettyB
00:14:44
Play 12 Niagara Falls I. by Anthony Trollope Cynthia Malone
00:13:30
Play 13 Niagara Falls II. by Charles Dickens. Larry Wilson
00:05:46
Play 14 Fuji-San by Sir Edwin Arnold Availle
00:15:29
Play 15 The Cedars of Lebanon by Alphonse de Lamartine Gillian Hendrie
00:07:41
Play 16 The Giant’s Causeway by William Makepeace Thackeray jenno
00:18:36
Play 17 The Great Glacier of the Selkirks by Douglas Sladen Steve C
00:10:35
Play 18 Mauna Loa by Lady Brassey mreaves5
00:19:48
Play 19 Trollhätta by Hans Christian Andersen quartertone
00:09:20
Play 20 The Grand Canyon of the Colorado by C. F. Gordon-Cumming Chuck Lavazzi
00:07:55
Play 21 The Rock of Gibraltar by Augustus J. C. Hare George Banfield
00:08:09
Play 22 Thingvalla by Lord Dufferin April6090
00:14:14
Play 23 Land’s End and Logan Rock by John Ayrton Paris jenno
00:14:16
Play 24 Mount Hekla by Sir Richard F. Burton Chuck Lavazzi
00:18:00
Play 25 Victoria Falls by David Livingstone tshoes76
00:17:34
Play 26 The Dragon-Tree of Orotava by Alexander von Humboldt Chuck Lavazzi
00:08:10
Play 27 Mount Shasta by J. W. Boddam-Wheatham Lynne T
00:10:26
Play 28 The Lagoons of Venice by John Ruskin Belinda Mc
00:15:51
Play 29 The Cataracts of the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards jenno
00:12:57
Play 30 In the Alps by Théophile Gautier Yaelin Lee
00:08:40
Play 31 The Vale of Kashmir by Andrew Wilson jenno
00:14:34
Play 32 The Lake of Pitch by Charles Kingsley jenno
00:14:00
Play 33 The Lachine Rapids by Douglas Sladen Katie Johnstone
00:06:54
Play 34 Lake Rotorua by H. R. Haweis BettyB
00:11:59
Play 35 The Big Trees of California by C. F. Gordon-Cumming jenno
00:16:48
Play 36 Gersoppa Falls by W. M. Yool Elizabeth Copnall
00:10:53
Play 37 Etna by Alexandre Dumas Belinda Mc
00:14:48
Play 38 Pike’s Peak and the Garden of the Gods by Iza Duffus Hardy BettyB
00:09:09
Play 39 The Great Geysir of Iceland by Sir Richard F. Burton Sai Karthikey Pentapati
00:11:59
Play 40 The Rapids of the Danube by William Beattie tshoes76
00:13:04
Play 41 The Mammoth Cave by Bayard Taylor Piotr Nater
00:21:38
Play 42 Stromboli by Alexandre Dumas mkirkpat
00:10:56
Play 43 The High Woods by Charles Kingsley tshoes76
00:38:17
Play 44 The Yo-semité Valley by C. F. Gordon-Cumming Helen
00:30:19
Play 45 The Golden Horn by Alphonse de Lamartine tshoes76
00:18:00
Play 46 The Yellowstone by Rudyard Kipling quartertone
00:25:53