A Book of Discovery


Read by Kristine Bekere

(3.3 stars; 40 reviews)

Telling the history of geographical discoveries, "Book of Discovery" is a record of splendid endurance, of hardships bravely borne, of silent toil, of courage and resolution unequalled in the annals of mankind, of self-sacrifice unrivalled and faithful lives laid ungrudgingly down. Of the many who went forth, the few only attained. It is of these few that this book tells. (From the Preface of the book). (16 hr 29 min)

Chapters

Introduction 12:19 Read by Kristine Bekere
A Little Old World 14:53 Read by Kristine Bekere
Early Mariners 16:58 Read by Kristine Bekere
Is the World Flat 12:15 Read by Kristine Bekere
Herodotus—the Traveller 15:42 Read by Kristine Bekere
Alexander the Great Explores India 25:41 Read by Kristine Bekere
Pytheas Finds the British Isles 10:57 Read by Kristine Bekere
Julius Caesar as Explorer 13:14 Read by Kristine Bekere
Strabo's Geography 10:19 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Roman Empire and Pliny 10:46 Read by Kristine Bekere
Ptolemy's Maps 5:23 Read by Kristine Bekere
Pilgrim Travellers 9:40 Read by Kristine Bekere
Irish Explorers 9:33 Read by Kristine Bekere
After Mohammed 8:28 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas 9:44 Read by Kristine Bekere
Arab Wayfarers 17:23 Read by Kristine Bekere
Travellers to the East 14:07 Read by Kristine Bekere
Marco Polo 18:51 Read by Kristine Bekere
The End of Mediaeval Exploration 12:40 Read by Kristine Bekere
Mediaeval Maps 5:36 Read by Kristine Bekere
Prince Henry of Portugal 19:54 Read by Kristine Bekere
Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape 8:34 Read by Kristine Bekere
Christopher Columbus 14:47 Read by Kristine Bekere
A Great New World 11:25 Read by Kristine Bekere
Vasco da Gama Reaches India 14:10 Read by Kristine Bekere
Discovery of the Spice Islands 16:54 Read by Kristine Bekere
Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean 9:32 Read by Kristine Bekere
Magellan Sails Round the World 16:49 Read by Kristine Bekere
Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico 18:25 Read by Kristine Bekere
Explorers in South America 15:22 Read by Kristine Bekere
Cabot Sails to Newfoundland 6:52 Read by Kristine Bekere
Jacques Cartier Explores Canada 11:05 Read by Kristine Bekere
Search For a North-West Passage 14:30 Read by Kristine Bekere
Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage 5:56 Read by Kristine Bekere
Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World 18:08 Read by Kristine Bekere
Davis Straight 11:59 Read by Kristine Bekere
Barents Sails to Spitzbergen 13:56 Read by Kristine Bekere
Hudson Finds His Bay 13:14 Read by Kristine Bekere
Baffin Finds His Bay 7:59 Read by Kristine Bekere
Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado 8:12 Read by Kristine Bekere
Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario 9:56 Read by Kristine Bekere
Early Discoverers of Australia 10:21 Read by Kristine Bekere
Tasman Finds Tasmania 6:19 Read by Kristine Bekere
Dampier Discovers His Straight 10:58 Read by Kristine Bekere
Behring Finds His Straight 13:04 Read by Kristine Bekere
Cook Discovers New Zealand 19:27 Read by Kristine Bekere
Cook's Third Voyage and Death 18:11 Read by Kristine Bekere
Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia 18:28 Read by Kristine Bekere
Mungo Park and the Niger 18:15 Read by Kristine Bekere
Vancouver Discovers His Island 8:46 Read by Kristine Bekere
Mackenzie and His River 4:41 Read by Kristine Bekere
Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound 12:51 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Frozen North 17:43 Read by Kristine Bekere
Franklin's Land Voyage to the North 9:57 Read by Kristine Bekere
Parry's Polar Voyage 6:01 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Search for Timbuktu 13:59 Read by Kristine Bekere
Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger 6:57 Read by Kristine Bekere
Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole 13:17 Read by Kristine Bekere
Flinders Names Australia 18:01 Read by Kristine Bekere
Sturt's Discoveries in Australia 15:51 Read by Kristine Bekere
Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas 8:00 Read by Kristine Bekere
Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage 13:58 Read by Kristine Bekere
David Livingstone 18:23 Read by Kristine Bekere
Burton and Speke in Central Africa 10:49 Read by Kristine Bekere
Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa 7:48 Read by Kristine Bekere
Expedition to Victoria Nyanza 12:16 Read by Kristine Bekere
Baker Finds Albert Nyanza 11:55 Read by Kristine Bekere
Livingstone's Last Journey 19:00 Read by Kristine Bekere
Through the Dark Continent 25:49 Read by Kristine Bekere
Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage 17:57 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Exploration of Tibet 19:04 Read by Kristine Bekere
Nansen Reaches Farthest North 17:21 Read by Kristine Bekere
Peary Reaches the North Pole 11:39 Read by Kristine Bekere
The Quest for the South Pole 19:19 Read by Kristine Bekere
Dates of Chief Events 11:10 Read by Kristine Bekere

Reviews

The reader is fine


(5 stars)

I don’t know why everyone is complaining. The reader’s accent it totally fine and understandable. Thanks for volunteering, appreciate your work. I also listened to a few of the others this reader does, all good.

cannot understand narrator


(0.5 stars)

I had to concentrate so hard to understand the narrator that I lost comprehension of the story. Every couple sentences there was a word I could not understand but would have to guess using context clues. By the that part she far into the next sentence. I gave up after the first chapter.

delightful summary of so many adventures


(5 stars)

The reader's accent gives this history an exotic feel of mystery. Well read. Thank you


(5 stars)

i cant imagine listening to a book about the travel and the world and not realizing people from all over speak different languages. if you can do better please step up. for the rest of us who have been where she is reading about, thanks for this.

its the best book on dìscovery


(5 stars)

Hard to understand


(1 stars)

Between my poor hearing and the readers accent there is too many words and concepts I can't understand.


(3 stars)

As noted by others she is difficult to understand at times do to accent.


(1 stars)

this women should not be reading English. Come on stop wasting people's time