A Book of Discovery


Gelesen von Kristine Bekere

(3.3 stars; 41 reviews)

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). (16 hr 29 min)

Kapitel

Introduction 12:19 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
A Little Old World 14:53 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Early Mariners 16:58 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Is the World Flat 12:15 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Herodotus—the Traveller 15:42 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Alexander the Great Explores India 25:41 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Pytheas Finds the British Isles 10:57 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Julius Caesar as Explorer 13:14 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Strabo's Geography 10:19 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Roman Empire and Pliny 10:46 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Ptolemy's Maps 5:23 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Pilgrim Travellers 9:40 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Irish Explorers 9:33 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
After Mohammed 8:28 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas 9:44 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Arab Wayfarers 17:23 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Travellers to the East 14:07 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Marco Polo 18:51 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The End of Mediaeval Exploration 12:40 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Mediaeval Maps 5:36 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Prince Henry of Portugal 19:54 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape 8:34 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Christopher Columbus 14:47 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
A Great New World 11:25 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Vasco da Gama Reaches India 14:10 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Discovery of the Spice Islands 16:54 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean 9:32 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Magellan Sails Round the World 16:49 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico 18:25 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Explorers in South America 15:22 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Cabot Sails to Newfoundland 6:52 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Jacques Cartier Explores Canada 11:05 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Search For a North-West Passage 14:30 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage 5:56 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World 18:08 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Davis Straight 11:59 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Barents Sails to Spitzbergen 13:56 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Hudson Finds His Bay 13:14 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Baffin Finds His Bay 7:59 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado 8:12 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario 9:56 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Early Discoverers of Australia 10:21 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Tasman Finds Tasmania 6:19 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Dampier Discovers His Straight 10:58 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Behring Finds His Straight 13:04 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Cook Discovers New Zealand 19:27 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Cook's Third Voyage and Death 18:11 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia 18:28 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Mungo Park and the Niger 18:15 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Vancouver Discovers His Island 8:46 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Mackenzie and His River 4:41 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound 12:51 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Frozen North 17:43 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Franklin's Land Voyage to the North 9:57 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Parry's Polar Voyage 6:01 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Search for Timbuktu 13:59 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger 6:57 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole 13:17 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Flinders Names Australia 18:01 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Sturt's Discoveries in Australia 15:51 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas 8:00 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage 13:58 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
David Livingstone 18:23 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Burton and Speke in Central Africa 10:49 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 7:48 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Expedition to Victoria Nyanza 12:16 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Baker Finds Albert Nyanza 11:55 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Livingstone's Last Journey 19:00 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Through the Dark Continent 25:49 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage 17:57 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Exploration of Tibet 19:04 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Nansen Reaches Farthest North 17:21 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Peary Reaches the North Pole 11:39 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
The Quest for the South Pole 19:19 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere
Dates of Chief Events 11:10 Gelesen von Kristine Bekere

Bewertungen

The reader is fine


(5 stars)

I don’t know why everyone is complaining. The reader’s accent it totally fine and understandable. Thanks for volunteering, appreciate your work. I also listened to a few of the others this reader does, all good.

cannot understand narrator


(0.5 stars)

I had to concentrate so hard to understand the narrator that I lost comprehension of the story. Every couple sentences there was a word I could not understand but would have to guess using context clues. By the that part she far into the next sentence. I gave up after the first chapter.

delightful summary of so many adventures


(5 stars)

The reader's accent gives this history an exotic feel of mystery. Well read. Thank you


(5 stars)

i cant imagine listening to a book about the travel and the world and not realizing people from all over speak different languages. if you can do better please step up. for the rest of us who have been where she is reading about, thanks for this.

its the best book on dìscovery


(5 stars)

Hard to understand


(1 stars)

Between my poor hearing and the readers accent there is too many words and concepts I can't understand.


(3 stars)

As noted by others she is difficult to understand at times do to accent.


(1 stars)

this women should not be reading English. Come on stop wasting people's time