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The Romance of Modern Exploration

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It may be thought, perhaps, that exploration must be comparatively easy today. Less laborious no doubt it is in some details when Mandeville and Magellan travelled. But there are difficulties enough remaining to leave the romance of exploration untouched. Every explorer carries his life in his hand, however fine may be his outfit. Within the limits of this volume it is impossible even to notice all the modern explorers who have a claim on our admiration. - Summary adapted from the introduction (11 hr 17 min)

Chapters

Introduction

4:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Four Years in the Wilds of Asia

43:23

Read by prajak

Further Adventures in Eastern Turkestan and Tibet

28:58

Read by David Logan Hayter

Surveying in Mid-Asia

34:04

Read by prajak

Lhasa Visited

32:09

Read by Piotr Nater

From Manchurian to the Pamirs

23:43

Read by Ted Lienhart

An Adventurous Journey Among Celestials and Lamas

28:30

Read by prajak

The Strange People of the East Indian Archipelago

26:26

Read by Yoganandh T

The Golden Roofs of Timbuctu, and the Mouths of the Niger

43:27

Read by Ted Lienhart

Scenes from Livingstone's Journeys

35:00

Read by Larry Wilson

African Aboriginals

16:06

Read by Ted Lienhart

The Secrets of Masai Land

28:42

Read by Rita Boutros

The Engineer in the Sahara

21:24

Read by mleigh

Surveying in African Swamps and Deserts

19:56

Read by Doreen Marcotte

Surprises of the Galla Countries

23:11

Read by Rita Boutros

Among the Bandits of the Great Desert

25:11

Read by mleigh

King Solomon's Mines

23:24

Read by Larry Wilson

A Brave Dash for the North Pole

28:27

Read by Yoganandh T

Towards the Pole in a Balloon

15:17

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

A Peep into Eskimo Life

19:27

Read by Rita Boutros

In the Heart of the Southern Ice Continent

30:03

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

The Romance of a Great River

23:17

Read by BettyB

Through Canadian Forests and Mountains

24:09

Read by Ted Lienhart

Among South American Forests

24:23

Read by Ted Lienhart

Furthest Skywards

14:55

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi

How the Murray was Found

15:52

Read by Piotr Nater

An Australian Tragedy

23:15

Read by Dan McNellan