Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa by Frank G. Carpenter: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 51 original MP3 tracks, 7:39:23 running time and a link to listen.
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa, credited to Frank G. Carpenter, 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 Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa by Frank G. Carpenter. Read in English by BettyB. Fascinating book for all ages telling of travels through Africa over 100 years ago. Covering the continent by steamer and train and other more primitive means of transport, the reader will enjoy learning of African life long before knowledge of this continent was available to most people throughout the world. Summary by BettyB. Note: This text was published more than 100 years ago in 1905.The listener should be aware that the descriptions of the native peoples, their dress and home life reflected the perceptions and thinking of the early 20th century which some listeners may find offensive.
Recording facts
- Recording title: Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Africa
- Author credits: Frank G. Carpenter
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 51
- Listed recording duration: 7:39:23
Catalogue topics
- travel
- economics
- geography
- transportation
- industry
- everyday life
- world culture
Opening tracks: first 24 of 51
- 00 - Preface — 3:27
- 01 - From New York to Gibraltar — 8:26
- 02 - Morocco — 9:01
- 03 - Through Interior Morocco — 9:01
- 04 - In Fez, the Capital of Morocco — 8:58
- 05 - Algeria, General View — 10:24
- 06 - In Algiers — 10:09
- 07 - The City of Tunis — 10:55
- 08 - The Desert of Sahara — 6:27
- 09 - In the Oasis off Biskra — 8:33
- 10 - A Caravan Ride — 12:56
- 11 - Tripoli and its Oases — 10:02
- 12 - The Land of the Nile — 6:07
- 13 - Egypt- A Trip through the Country — 7:46
- 14 - Alexandria and Cairo — 14:28
- 15 - Ancient Egypt - The Pyramids and the Sphinx — 8:08
- 16 - A Trip through the Suez Canal — 6:16
- 17 - Nubia — 10:28
- 18 - The Roof of Africa - Abyssinia — 12:40
- 19 - Across East Africa by Rail — 8:06
- 20 - About Lake Victoria — 9:04
- 21 - In Uganda — 7:12
- 22 - Elephants and Ivory — 9:30
- 23 - The Strange Animals of Africa — 7:53
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