Epic Journeys of Exploration

This collection features remarkable accounts of exploration and adventure, showcasing the indomitable spirit of those who ventured into the unknown. From the icy expanses of Antarctica to the deserts of Libya, these narratives capture the challenges and triumphs of explorers throughout history.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

par James Cook Lu par David Cole 4.6
Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita …

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

par Dillon Wallace Lu par Tom Weiss 4.7
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…

How I Found Livingstone

par Henry Morton Stanley Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying "Dr Livingstone, i Presume?". Born in Wales, he migrated over to the United…

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition

par Ernest Shackleton Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Shackleton's most famous expedition was planned to be an attempt to cross Antarctica from the Weddell Sea south of the Atlantic to the Ross …

Among the Tibetans

par Isabella L. Bird Lu par Availle 4.6
Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…

The South Pole

par Roald Amundsen Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…

The Journey of Coronado

par Pedro De Castañeda Lu par Sue Anderson 4.5
In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an army from Mexico is search of the fabled golden cities of Cíbola. The Spaniards …

The Worst Journey in the World

par Apsley Cherry-Garrard Lu par Kevin Green 4.8
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and publ…

Westward Hoboes

par Winifred Hawkridge Dixon Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Dixo…

The Sea and the Jungle

par Henry Major Tomlinson Lu par Tatiana Chichilla 4.9
Considered one of the greatest travel narratives, The Sea and the Jungle is H.M. Tomlinson's firsthand account of the first journey of an En…