A Book of Discovery, by M. B. Synge. Read by Kristine Bekere. Introduction. mp3




Introduction 11.3 MB 
01 - A Little Old World 13.6 MB 
02 - Early Mariners 15.5 MB 
03 - Is the World Flat 11.2 MB 
04 - Herodotus the Traveller 14.4 MB 
05 - Alexander the Great Explores India 23.5 MB 
06 - Pytheas Finds the British Isles 10.0 MB 
07 - Julius Caesar as Explorer 12.1 MB 
08 - Strabo's Geography 9.5 MB 
09 - The Roman Empire and Pliny 9.9 MB 
10 - Ptolemy's Maps 4.9 MB 
11 - Pilgrim Travellers 8.9 MB 
12 - Irish Explorers 8.7 MB 
13 - After Mohammed 7.8 MB 
14 - The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas 8.9 MB 
15 - Arab Wayfarers 15.9 MB 
16 - Travellers to the East 12.9 MB 
17 - Marco Polo 17.3 MB 
18 - The End of Mediaeval Exploration 11.6 MB 
19 - Mediaeval Maps 5.1 MB 
20 - Prince Henry of Portugal 18.2 MB 
21 - Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape 7.8 MB 
22 - Christopher Columbus 13.5 MB 
23 - A Great New World 10.5 MB 
24 - Vasco da Gama Reaches India 13.0 MB 
25 - Discovery of the Spice Islands 15.5 MB 
26 - Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean 8.7 MB 
27 - Magellan Sails Round the World 15.4 MB 
28 - Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico 16.9 MB 
29 - Explorers in South America 14.1 MB 
30 - Cabot Sails to Newfoundland 6.3 MB 
31 - Jacques Cartier Explores Canada 10.1 MB 
32 - Search For a North-West Passage 13.3 MB 
33 - Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage 5.4 MB 
34 - Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World 16.6 MB 
35 - Davis Straight 11.0 MB 
36 - Barents Sails to Spitzbergen 12.8 MB 
37 - Hudson Finds His Bay 12.1 MB 
38 - Baffin Finds His Bay 7.3 MB 
39 - Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado 7.5 MB  
40 - Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario 9.1 MB 
41 - Early Discoverers of Australia 9.5 MB 
42 - Tasman Finds Tasmania 5.8 MB 
43 - Dampier Discovers His Straight 10.1 MB 
44 - Behring Finds His Straight 12.0 MB  
45 - Cook Discovers New Zealand 17.8 MB 
46 - Cook's Third Voyage and Death 16.7 MB 
47 - Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia 16.9 MB 
48 - Mungo Park and the Niger 16.7 MB 
49 - Vancouver Discovers His Island 8.0 MB 
50 - Mackenzie and His River 4.3 MB 
51 - Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound 11.8 MB 
52 - The Frozen North 16.2 MB 
53 - Franklin's Land Voyage to the North 9.1 MB 
54 - Parry's Polar Voyage 5.5 MB 
55 - The Search for Timbuktu 12.8 MB 
56 - Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger 6.4 MB  
57 - Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole 12.2 MB 
58 - Flinders Names Australia 16.5 MB 
59 - Sturt's Discoveries in Australia 14.5 MB 
60 - Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas 7.3 MB 
61 - Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage 12.8 MB 
62 - David Livingstone 16.8 MB 
63 - Burton and Speke in Central Africa 9.9 MB 
64 - Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 7.1 MB 
65 - Expedition to Victoria Nyanza 11.2 MB  
66 - Baker Finds Albert Nyanza 10.9 MB 
67 - Livingstone's Last Journey 17.4 MB  
68 - Through the Dark Continent 23.7 MB 
69 - Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage 16.4 MB  
70 - The Exploration of Tibet 17.5 MB 
71 - Nansen Reaches Farthest North 15.9 MB  
72 - Peary Reaches the North Pole 10.7 MB 
73 - The Quest for the South Pole 17.7 MB  
74 - Dates of Chief Events