Exploration

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XII, January 1901.It includes the following articles:The Influence Of Submarin…

Abandoned

by Jules Verne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a …

Titan Of Chasms

by Charles F. Lummis Read by David Wales 4.5
This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…

Through Timbuctu and Across the Great Sahara

by Austin H. W. Haywood Read by Robert Fischer 3.7
Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara: an account of an adventurous journey of exploration from Sierra Leone to the source of the Nig…

narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro

by Alfred Russel Wallace 5
From 1848 - 1852, Alfred Russell Wallace travelled in Brazil, exploring the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers and tributaries. During these travel…

The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci

by Amerigo Vespucci Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° nort…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number.It includes the following articles:Dwellings of the Saga-…

Invention And Discovery

by Unknown Read by David Wales 3.8
"In this little volume are brought together a number of sketches and memoranda, illustrating the history of discovery, and the lives an…

The Great White North

by Helen S. Wright Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS

Maw's Vacation

by Emerson Hough Read by Laurie Banza 3.9
Times has changed! Maw has only known hard work her whole life. She’s been married to Paw for 40 years, helping raise crops, raising childre…

Little Masterpieces of Science

by George Iles Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The love of adventure, the expectation of the unexpected, have ever prompted men stout of heart, and ready of resource, to brave the p…

Mariner of St. Malo

by Stephen Leacock Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Mariner of St. Malo chronicles the remarkable journey of Jacques Cartier, a sailor turned explorer, who set sail in 1534 under the commissio…

The Third Voyage of James Cook

by James Cook Read by David Cole 5
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…

The Romance of Early Exploration

by Archibald Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Author has been encouraged by the reception given to The Romance of Modern Exploration to write a companion volume on the adventures of …

Horizons West

4.5
Horizons West is a captivating radio docu-drama that explores the historic Lewis and Clark expedition. This engaging program brings to life …

Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation

by Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee and Review Of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The [Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee] shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans a…

Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China

by George Bennett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Work now given to the Public is the result of a series of recent excursions into the interior of the Colony of New South Wales, at inter…

Farthest North

by Charles Lanman Read by mleigh
Covers the life of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood with emphasis on his attempt to reach "Farthest North" as part of the Greely Ex…

The Voyagers

by Pádraic Colum Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …

The Romance of Modern Exploration

by Archibald Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers
It may be thought, perhaps, that exploration must be comparatively easy today. Less laborious no doubt it is in some details when Mandevill…

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