Autobiography of Phineas Pett: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Autobiography of Phineas Pett, credited to Phineas Pett, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Autobiography of Phineas Pett by Phineas Pett. Read in English by Lynne T Phineas Pett was a Master Shipbuilder from one of England's greatest shipbuilding families of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and kept a journal of his experiences and thoughts at this important and turbulent time in the industry. Although some pages were damaged or lost, the diary was transcribed by Samuel Pepys and preserved in the British Library. It was edited and published in the form of an autobiography by William Gordon Perrin of The Council of the Navy Records Society in 1918. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Autobiography of Phineas Pett
• Author credits: Phineas Pett
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 9:16:53

Catalogue topics

• family
• navy
• dynasty
• shipbuilding
• feud
• master craftsman
• charters

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 11:18
2. 01 - Introduction - The Shipwrights — 45:09
3. 02 - Introduction - The Family of Pett — 12:28
4. 03 - Introduction - Phineas Pett — 49:35
5. 04 - Introduction - Phineas Pett, Continued — 43:36
6. 05 - The Autobiography Part 1 — 56:31
7. 06 - The Autobiography Part 2 — 56:20
8. 07 - The Autobiography Part 3 — 53:00
9. 08 - The Autobiography Part 4 — 51:14
10. 09 - The Autobiography Part 5 — 50:08
11. 10 - The Autobiography Part 6 — 13:03
12. 11 - Grant to Phineas Pett — 5:32
13. 12 - Petition of Shipwrights for Incorporation — 2:13
14. 13 - Charter to Shipwrights (1605) — 7:45
15. 14 - Charter to Shipwrights (1612) — 42:23
16. 15 - Charter to Shipwrights (1612) continued — 27:28
17. 16 - New Building the Prince Royal at Woolwich — 10:09
18. 17 - Petition to the Admiralty — 4:26
19. 18 - Stowe MS — 2:58
20. 19 - Protest of Trinity House against the Building of the Sovereign — 5:27
21. 20 - Ships Built or Rebuilt by Phineas Pett — 6:10

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