A Book of Discovery


Lu par 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)

Chapitres

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

Critiques

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