Young Folk's Treasury, Vol. 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Young Folk's Treasury, Vol. 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures, credited to Hamilton Wright Mabie, 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 Young Folk's Treasury, Vol. 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures by Hamilton Wright Mabie. Read in English by BettyB Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throughout Europe, Asia, America, etc. for young and old alike. Perfect for the armchair traveler who enjoys learning of our global past... - Summary by BettyB

Recording facts

• Recording title: Young Folk's Treasury, Vol. 6 - Famous Travels & Adventures
• Author credits: Hamilton Wright Mabie
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 53
• Listed recording duration: 18:52:48

Catalogue topics

• explorers
• travel
• America
• Europe
• africa
• Asia
• geography

Opening tracks: first 24 of 53

1. 00 - Introduction — 9:30
2. 01 - Marco Polo's Account of Japan — 10:37
3. 02 - Discovery of Vinland — 17:03
4. 03 - First Voyage of Columbus — 25:21
5. 04 - Amerigo Vespucci Account of First Voyage — 15:23
6. 05 - Voyages of the Cabots — 11:33
7. 06 - Vasco da Gama's Voyage to India — 7:59
8. 07 - Drake's Voyage Round the World — 9:38
9. 08 - Walter Raleigh's Explorations in Guiana — 11:11
10. 09 - The Colorado Cliff Dwellers — 19:49
11. 10 - The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky — 18:26
12. 11 - The Buffalo on the Plains — 28:44
13. 12 - In the Rocky Mountains — 16:35
14. 13 - Polar Research — 16:56
15. 14 - An Ancient Mexican Palace — 11:53
16. 15 - The Ascent of Mount Tyndall — 46:08
17. 16 - The Grand Canyon of the Colorado — 32:52
18. 17 - Sources of the Mississippi — 23:48
19. 18 - Expedition to the Pacific Ocean — 34:36
20. 19 - Arctic Perils — 19:44
21. 20 - Life and Scenery in Venezuela — 22:24
22. 21 - Spanish Life in Granada — 31:12
23. 22 - Old Rotterdam — 18:46
24. 23 - On the Road in Russia — 12:24

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