Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2, credited to Jules Verne, 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 Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2 by Jules Verne. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. This volume, entitled "The Great Navigators of the 18th century", forms the second of three volumes under the general title of "Celebrated Travels and Travellers". The first volume of the series, "Exploration of the World", covers a period in the world's history extending from B.C. 505, to the close of the 17th century, and the third volume gives an account of "The Great Explorers and Travellers of the 19th Century". - Summary from the Publishers' Note

Recording facts

• Recording title: Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2
• Author credits: Jules Verne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 47
• Listed recording duration: 17:56:50

Catalogue topics

• history
• explorers
• travel
• non-fiction
• Jules Verne
• navigators

Opening tracks: first 24 of 47

1. 01 - First Part, chapter I, part 1: Astronomers and Cartographers — 25:27
2. 02 - First Part, chapter I, part 2 : Voyages in the eighteenth century — 25:40
3. 03 - First part, chapter II, part 1: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 1a — 31:00
4. 04 - First part, chapter II, part 1: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 1b — 31:37
5. 05 - First part, chapter II, part 2: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 2a — 29:17
6. 06 - First part, chapter II, part 2: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 2b — 27:40
7. 07 - First part, chapter II, part 2: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 2c — 23:54
8. 08 - First part, chapter II, part 3: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 3a — 33:13
9. 09 - First part, chapter II, part 3: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 3b — 29:46
10. 10 - First part, chapter II, part 3: Captain Cook’s predecessors, 3c — 24:00
11. 11 - First part, chapter III, part 1: Captain Cook's first voyage, 1a — 23:02
12. 12 - First part, chapter III, part 1: Captain Cook’s first voyage, 1b — 19:07
13. 13 - First part, chapter III, part 1: Captain Cook’s first voyage, 1c — 21:56
14. 14 - First part, chapter III, part 2: Captain Cook’s first voyage, 2 — 24:26
15. 15 - First part, chapter IV, part 1: Captain Cook’s second voyage, 1a — 21:21
16. 16 - First part, chapter IV, part 1: Captain Cook’s second voyage, 1b — 21:32
17. 17 - First part, chapter IV, part 1: Captain Cook’s second voyage, 1c — 24:47
18. 18 - First part, chapter IV, part 2: Captain Cook’s second voyage, 2a — 24:50
19. 19 - First part, chapter IV, part 2: Captain Cook’s second voyage, 2b — 25:57
20. 20 - First part, chapter V, part 1: Captain Cook’s third voyage, 1a — 16:09
21. 21 - First part, chapter V, part 1: Captain Cook’s third voyage, 1b — 14:08
22. 22 - First part, chapter V, part 2: Captain Cook’s third voyage, 2a — 14:22
23. 23 - First part, chapter V, part 2: Captain Cook’s third voyage, 2b — 17:54
24. 24 - Second part, chapter I, part 1: French Navigators, 1a — 21:47

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