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Balboa (1513), by Thomas Buchanan Read

In The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and…

Read by Alan Mapstone

Eva March Tappan

This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March…

20 - Book First, Chapters 5 to 10. Of the kingdom of Mausul. Of the great city …

In The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

Read by Alan Mapstone

Rustichello da Pisa and Rustichello Da Pisa

"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

Dialogue V: Panope relates to Galene the scene of the introduction of the golde…

In Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods

Read by Alan Mapstone

Lucian of Samosata and Lucian Of Samosata

The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek…

Clare on the Farm

In A Rough Shaking

Read by Alan Schulte

George MacDonald

Clare was a wanderer. Orphaned by an earthquake when too young to even remember his full name, his childhood was a succession of challenges …

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