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A Book of Discovery

by: M. B. Synge

Publication date: 2009-11-30

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, literature, history, geographical discoveries, M. B. Synge

Language: English

LibriVox recording of A Book of Discovery, by M. B. Synge. Read by Kristine Bekere.

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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11.3M

00 - Introduction

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01 - A Little Old World

15.5M

02 - Early Mariners

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03 - Is the World Flat

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04 - Herodotus the Traveller

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05 - Alexander the Great Explores India

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06 - Pytheas Finds the British Isles

12.1M

07 - Julius Caesar as Explorer

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08 - Strabo's Geography

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09 - The Roman Empire and Pliny

4.9M

10 - Ptolemy's Maps

8.9M

11 - Pilgrim Travellers

8.7M

12 - Irish Explorers

7.8M

13 - After Mohammed

8.9M

14 - The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas

15.9M

15 - Arab Wayfarers

12.9M

16 - Travellers to the East

17.3M

17 - Marco Polo

11.6M

18 - The End of Mediaeval Exploration

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19 - Mediaeval Maps

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20 - Prince Henry of Portugal

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21 - Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape

13.5M

22 - Christopher Columbus

10.5M

23 - A Great New World

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24 - Vasco da Gama Reaches India

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25 - Discovery of the Spice Islands

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26 - Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean

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27 - Magellan Sails Round the World

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28 - Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico

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29 - Explorers in South America

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30 - Cabot Sails to Newfoundland

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31 - Jacques Cartier Explores Canada

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32 - Search For a North-West Passage

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33 - Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage

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34 - Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World

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35 - Davis Straight

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36 - Barents Sails to Spitzbergen

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37 - Hudson Finds His Bay

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39 - Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado

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40 - Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario

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41 - Early Discoverers of Australia

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42 - Tasman Finds Tasmania

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43 - Dampier Discovers His Straight

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44 - Behring Finds His Straight

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45 - Cook Discovers New Zealand

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46 - Cook's Third Voyage and Death

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47 - Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia

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49 - Vancouver Discovers His Island

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50 - Mackenzie and His River

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51 - Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound

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52 - The Frozen North

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53 - Franklin's Land Voyage to the North

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54 - Parry's Polar Voyage

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55 - The Search for Timbuktu

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56 - Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger

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57 - Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole

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58 - Flinders Names Australia

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59 - Sturt's Discoveries in Australia

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60 - Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas

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62 - David Livingstone

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63 - Burton and Speke in Central Africa

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70 - The Exploration of Tibet

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71 - Nansen Reaches Farthest North

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72 - Peary Reaches the North Pole

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73 - The Quest for the South Pole

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74 - Dates of Chief Events

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01 - A Little Old World

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02 - Early Mariners

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03 - Is the World Flat

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04 - Herodotus the Traveller

11.8M

05 - Alexander the Great Explores India

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06 - Pytheas Finds the British Isles

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07 - Julius Caesar as Explorer

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08 - Strabo's Geography

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10 - Ptolemy's Maps

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12 - Irish Explorers

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13 - After Mohammed

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14 - The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas

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16 - Travellers to the East

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17 - Marco Polo

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