Book of Discovery
M. B. Synge
75 chapters · 16 h 30 min · English
Read by Kristine Bekere
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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).
Chapters
1 Introduction 12 min 2 A Little Old World 15 min 3 Early Mariners 17 min 4 Is the World Flat 12 min 5 Herodotus, the Traveller 16 min 6 Alexander the Great Explores India 26 min 7 Pytheas Finds the British Isles 11 min 8 Julius Caesar as Explorer 13 min 9 Strabo's Geography 10 min 10 The Roman Empire and Pliny 11 min 11 Ptolemy's Maps 5 min 12 Pilgrim Travellers 10 min 13 Irish Explorers 10 min 14 After Mohammed 8 min 15 The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas 10 min 16 Arab Wayfarers 17 min 17 Travellers to the East 14 min 18 Marco Polo 19 min 19 The End of Mediaeval Exploration 13 min 20 Mediaeval Maps 6 min 21 Prince Henry of Portugal 20 min 22 Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape 9 min 23 Christopher Columbus 15 min 24 A Great New World 11 min 25 Vasco da Gama Reaches India 14 min 26 Discovery of the Spice Islands 17 min 27 Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean 10 min 28 Magellan Sails Round the World 17 min 29 Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico 18 min 30 Explorers in South America 15 min 31 Cabot Sails to Newfoundland 7 min 32 Jacques Cartier Explores Canada 11 min 33 Search For a North-West Passage 14 min 34 Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage 6 min 35 Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World 18 min 36 Davis Straight 12 min 37 Barents Sails to Spitzbergen 14 min 38 Hudson Finds His Bay 13 min 39 Baffin Finds His Bay 8 min 40 Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado 8 min 41 Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario 10 min 42 Early Discoverers of Australia 10 min 43 Tasman Finds Tasmania 6 min 44 Dampier Discovers His Straight 11 min 45 Behring Finds His Straight 13 min 46 Cook Discovers New Zealand 19 min 47 Cook's Third Voyage and Death 18 min 48 Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia 18 min 49 Mungo Park and the Niger 18 min 50 Vancouver Discovers His Island 9 min 51 Mackenzie and His River 5 min 52 Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound 13 min 53 The Frozen North 18 min 54 Franklin's Land Voyage to the North 10 min 55 Parry's Polar Voyage 6 min 56 The Search for Timbuktu 14 min 57 Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger 7 min 58 Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole 13 min 59 Flinders Names Australia 18 min 60 Sturt's Discoveries in Australia 16 min 61 Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas 8 min 62 Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage 14 min 63 David Livingstone 18 min 64 Burton and Speke in Central Africa 11 min 65 Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 8 min 66 Expedition to Victoria Nyanza 12 min 67 Baker Finds Albert Nyanza 12 min 68 Livingstone's Last Journey 19 min 69 Through the Dark Continent 26 min 70 Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage 18 min 71 The Exploration of Tibet 19 min 72 Nansen Reaches Farthest North 17 min 73 Peary Reaches the North Pole 12 min 74 The Quest for the South Pole 19 min 75 Dates of Chief Events 11 min
