The Discovery of New Worlds: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Discovery of New Worlds, credited to M. B. Synge, 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 Discovery of New Worlds, by M. B. Synge. Read by Laura Caldwell. This is the second volume in the series, The Story of the World, which covers the period of history from the rise of Rome to the Conquest of Peru. Along the way, passing through the Dark Ages, going on the Crusades, and exploring the unknown world with the brave men who had the courage to travel unknown seas. Also featured is the destruction of Pompeii and the invention of the Printing Press, along with many other interesting happenings of history during this time period. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Discovery of New Worlds
• Author credits: M. B. Synge
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 50
• Listed recording duration: 5:22:06

Catalogue topics

• juvenile literature
• history
• rome
• middle ages
• crusades
• exploration

Opening tracks: first 24 of 50

1. 01 - The Roman World — 5:30
2. 02 - A Great World Power — 5:53
3. 03 - Voyage and Shipwreck — 6:58
4. 04 - The Tragedy of Nero — 5:32
5. 05 - The Great Fire in Rome — 6:44
6. 06 - The Destruction of Pompeii — 7:58
7. 07 - Marcus Aurelius — 6:31
8. 08 - Decline of the Roman Empire — 6:15
9. 09 - Christians to the Lions — 7:18
10. 10 - A New Rome — 5:37
11. 11 - The Armies of the North — 6:46
12. 12 - The Dark Ages — 4:55
13. 13 - King Arthur and His Knights — 7:45
14. 14 - The Hero of Two Nations — 7:36
15. 15 - The Hardy Northmen — 5:49
16. 16 - How the Northmen Conquered England — 7:04
17. 17 - A Spanish Hero — 7:55
18. 18 - The First Crusade — 7:29
19. 19 - Frederick Barbarossa — 6:46
20. 20 - The Third Crusade — 5:47
21. 21 - The Days of Chivalry — 5:08
22. 22 - Queen of the Adratic — 6:47
23. 23 - The Story of Marco Polo — 7:57
24. 24 - Dante's Great Poem — 6:07

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