Brazil and the River Plate in 1868: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Brazil and the River Plate in 1868, credited to William Hadfield, 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 Brazil and the River Plate in 1868 by William Hadfield. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. This work makes no pretentions to literary merit, but, as its title indicates, is simply a narrative descriptive of the progress of the countries specially referred to, which, though England has long maintained intimate commercial relations with them, are still but very imperfectly known to the British public. In the Old World generations follow each other without any very perceptible alteration being observable in the characteristic surroundings, but in the New World, as America is still termed, a few years often effect changes of the most important and striking description. This is notably the case as respects Brazil and the River Plate, the growth of which has been very remarkable. (Summary taken from the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Brazil and the River Plate in 1868
• Author credits: William Hadfield
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 8:24:30

Catalogue topics

• geography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 00 - Preface — 3:58
2. 01 - The Voyage Out — 35:21
3. 02 - The City of Monte Video — 11:16
4. 03 - The City of Rio De Janeiro — 33:13
5. 04 - The War in Paraguay — 11:15
6. 05 - The Province of San Paulo — 7:33
7. 06 - The San Paulo Railway — 21:03
8. 07 - The City of San Paulo — 43:15
9. 08 - San Paulo to Santos and Rio De Janeiro — 5:17
10. 09 - Trip to Juiz De Fora. - The Dom Pedro Segundo Railway — 20:16
11. 10 - Rio De Janeiro to the River Plate — 7:43
12. 11 - City of Buenos Ayres — 6:23
13. 12 - Buenos Ayres to Colonia.—Estanzuella — 8:38
14. 13 - Trip on the Central Argentine Railway — 27:34
15. 14 - The Western Railway of Buenos Ayres — 11:09
16. 15 - Buenos Ayres - Second Notice — 19:05
17. 16 - Progress of Steam Navigation on La Plata — 7:03
18. 17 - Railways in the River Plate — 17:28
19. 18 - Emigration to Brazil — 6:33
20. 19 - Emigration to the River Plate — 10:49
21. 20 - Railways in Brazil — 26:07
22. 21 - Commerce of Brazil and the River Plate — 37:22
23. 22 - The River Amazon — 28:57
24. 23 - Telegraphic Communication — 4:44

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