The Art of Travel: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Travel, credited to Sir Francis Galton, 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 The Art of Travel by Sir Francis Galton. Read by Librivox volunteers. The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from the very beginnings (qualifications of a traveller, how to organize an expedition, the perfect outfit), to the actual trip (how to choose a bivouac, huts and tents, what game to shoot - and how, as well as dealing with (hostile) savages), until the final, hopefully successful, return of the traveller (arranging memoranda). (Summary by Ava)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Travel
• Author credits: Sir Francis Galton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Combined MP3 track duration: 13:38:40

Catalogue topics

• exploration
• adventure
• travel
• nonfiction
• instruction

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 00 Preface — 7:24
2. 01 Preparatory Enquiries — 10:42
3. 02 Organising an Expedition — 9:31
4. 03 Outfit — 17:36
5. 04 Medicine — 22:09
6. 05 Surveying Instruments — 4:43
7. 06 Memoranda and Log-Books — 12:09
8. 07 Measurements — 25:54
9. 08 Climbing and Mountaineering — 33:18
10. 09 Cattle — 32:21
11. 10 Harness — 22:59
12. 11 Carriages — 11:16
13. 12 Swimming — 12:58
14. 13 Rafts and Boats — 39:44
15. 14 Fords and Bridges — 8:00
16. 15 Clothing — 32:14
17. 16 Bedding — 12:36
18. 17 Bivouac — 27:23
19. 18 Huts — 21:43
20. 19 Sleeping-Bags — 7:01
21. 20 Tents — 28:31
22. 21 Furniture — 6:09
23. 22 Fire — 40:32
24. 23 Food — 46:54

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