A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1, credited to James Cook, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1, by James Cook. Read by David Cole. Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who maintained that the Terra Australians Incognita (the unknown Southern Continent) was a reality. To finally settle the issue, the British Admiralty sent Cook out again into the vast Southern Ocean with two sailing ships totalling only about 800 tons. Listen as Cook, equipped with one of the first chronometers, pushes his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but becomes the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica. (Introduction by David Cole)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1
• Author credits: James Cook
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 14:28:36

Catalogue topics

• biography
• travel
• sea stories
• voyage
• journey
• sea travel
• adventure
• Captain Cook

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 01 - Introduction, Part 1 — 24:57
2. 02 - Introduction, Part 2 — 22:11
3. 03 - Book I Chapter 1, Part 1 - Passage from Deptford to the Cape of Good Hope — 21:10
4. 04 - Book I Chapter 1, Part 2 - Passage from Deptford to the Cape of Good Hope — 19:31
5. 05 - Book I Chapter II, Part 1 - Departure from the Cape of Good Hope — 35:43
6. 06 - Book I Chapter II, Part 2 - Departure from the Cape of Good Hope — 18:58
7. 07 - Book I Chapter III, Part 1 - Sequel of the Search for a Southern Continent — 34:35
8. 08 - Book I Chapter III, Part 2 - Sequel of the Search for a Southern Continent — 21:58
9. 09 - Book I Chapter IV, Part 1 - Transactions in Dusky Bay — 27:10
10. 10 - Book I Chapter IV, Part 2 - Transactions in Dusky Bay — 21:50
11. 11 - Book I Chapter V - Directions for sailing in and out of Dusky Bay — 21:56
12. 12 - Book I Chapter VI - Passage from Dusky Bay to Queen Charlotte's Sound — 7:42
13. 13 - Book I Chapter VII - Captain Furneaux's Narrative — 30:24
14. 14 - Book I Chapter VIII - Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound — 20:06
15. 15 - Book I Chapter IX - Route from New Zealand to Otaheite — 28:05
16. 16 - Book I Chapter X - Arrival of the Ships at Otaheite — 20:00
17. 17 - Book I Chapter XI - An Account of several Visits to and from Otoo — 16:10
18. 18 - Book I Chapter XII - An Account of the Reception we met with at Huaheine — 22:16
19. 19 - Book I Chapter XIII - Arrival at, and Departure of the Ships from, Ulietea — 19:23
20. 20 - Book I Chapter XIV - An Account of a Spanish Ship visiting Otaheite — 18:14
21. 21 - Book II Chapter I - Passage from Ulietea to the Friendly Islands — 13:44
22. 22 - Book II Chapter II - The Arrival of the Ships at Amsterdam — 32:05
23. 23 - Book II Chapter III - A Description of the Islands and their Produce — 32:04
24. 24 - Book II Chapter IV - Passage from Amsterdam to Queen Charlotte's Sound — 20:41

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