Exploration
The Ascent of Denali
Read by Phil Schempf
Hudson Stuck
The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of …
Travels in the Interior of Africa
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Mungo Park
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after M…
Farthest North
Read by Sharon Riskedahl
Fridtjof Nansen
Farthest North chronicles the remarkable journey of Fridtjof Nansen and his crew aboard the ship Fram, as they venture into the uncharted Ar…
Yellowstone National Park
Read by David Wales
Various
Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding hi…
Celebrated Travels and Travellers
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Jules Verne
Celebrated Travels and Travellers by Jules Verne invites listeners on an enlightening journey through the age of exploration in the 19th cen…
A Description of New England
Read by Algy Pug
Captain John Smith
Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted fo…
Adventurers of the Far North
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
Read by Lee Smalley
Matthew A. Henson
In this fascinating memoir, Matthew Henson describes the incredibly dangerous, exhausting, and bone-chilling trip to what was until then the…
Explorers and Travellers
Read by William Tomcho
Adolphus W. Greely
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but…
Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea
Read by Phil Schempf
John Rae
After the bizarre death of Thomas Simpson, Dr. John Rae was chosen to complete the survey of the Northwest Passage, linking the work of Simp…
Descubrimiento del río de las Amazonas
Read by Epachuko
Gaspar de Carvajal and Gaspar De Carvajal
Casi cincuenta años después del descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo, una avanzada del imperio de Carlos V viaja hacia el este desde…
Pathfinders of the Great Plains
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Lawrence J. Burpee
Pathfinders of the Great Plains chronicles the daring expedition of the La Verendrye brothers as they embark on a quest to discover an overl…
True Tales of Arctic Heroism
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Adolphus W. Greely
The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely publishe…
Early explorations in New South Wales
Read by Phil Benson
John Price
In the early days of the penal colony at Sydney, rumour was rife among the convicts of another colony beyond the Blue Mountains and perhaps …
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition
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Andrew Jackson
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and his team embarked on a bold expedition to traverse the Australian continent from south to north, aiming to …
Impresiones y paisajes
Read by Epachuko
Federico García Lorca
Libro de viajes de Federico García Lorca, donde recoge sus impresiones y pensamientos íntimos ante la contemplación de …
The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Joseph Banks
In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyage…
A Book of American Explorers
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…
The Last Secrets
Read by Steven Seitel
John Buchan
The author, John Buchan, maintains that "the main lines of the earth's architecture have been determined" during the first two dec…
Columbus
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Joaquin Miller
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…