The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1, credited to Frederick Whymper, 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 The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper. Read in English by Pete McElveen; KirksVoice; Ruth P.; Rita Boutros; Lincoln Peterson; Leslie Valencia; Colin Samuels; Luke Dixey; fshort; Jane Bennett; Kristine Bekere; Jddykst; realisticspeakers Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by Kikisaulite

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1
• Author credits: Frederick Whymper
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 39
• Listed recording duration: 17:17:34

Catalogue topics

• sea adventure
• maritime history
• history of ships
• frederick whymper

Opening tracks: first 24 of 39

1. 00 - Introduction.The Sea — 9:22
2. 01 - Chapter I, Men-of-war, Part 1 — 23:56
3. 02 - Chapter I, Men-of-war, Part 2 — 17:41
4. 03 - Chapter I, Men-of-war, Part 3 — 23:47
5. 04 - Chapter II, Men of peace, Part 1 — 22:22
6. 05 - Chapter II, Men of peace, Part 2 — 21:08
7. 06 - Chapter III, Men of the sea, Part 1 — 21:21
8. 07 - Chapter III, Men of the sea, Part 2 — 24:37
9. 08 - Chapter IV, Perils of the Sailors life — 35:45
10. 09 - Chapter V, Perils of the Sailors life continued, Part 1 — 32:34
11. 10 - Chapter V, Perils of the Sailors life continued, Part 2 — 30:21
12. 11 - Chapter VI, Round the World on a Man-of-War — 29:59
13. 12 - Chapter VII, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, Malta and the Suez Canal, Part 1 — 24:45
14. 13 - Chapter VII, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, Malta and the Suez Canal, Part 2 — 20:06
15. 14 - Chapter VIII, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, The India and China Stations, Part 1 — 25:42
16. 15 - Chapter VIII, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, The India and China Stations, Part 2 — 21:43
17. 16 - Chapter IX, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, Northward and Southward - the Australian station, Part 1 — 21:51
18. 17 - Chapter IX, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, Northward and Southward - the Australian station, Part 2 — 31:10
19. 18 - Chapter IX, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, Northward and Southward - the Australian station, Part 3 — 31:55
20. 19 - Chapter X, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, The Pacific station, Part 1 — 33:40
21. 20 - Chapter X, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, The Pacific station, Part 2 — 33:09
22. 21 - Chapter XI, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, From the Horn to Halifax, Part 1 — 24:16
23. 22 - Chapter XI, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, From the Horn to Halifax, Part 2 — 28:07
24. 23 - Chapter XI, Round the World on a Man-of-War continued, From the Horn to Halifax, Part 3 — 25:11

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