Book of DiscoveryM. B. Synge
Book of Discovery
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).
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75 capítulos
16 h 29 min
- 1 Introduction12:19
- 2 A Little Old World14:53
- 3 Early Mariners16:58
- 4 Is the World Flat12:15
- 5 Herodotus—the Traveller15:42
- 6 Alexander the Great Explores India25:41
- 7 Pytheas Finds the British Isles10:57
- 8 Julius Caesar as Explorer13:14
- 9 Strabo's Geography10:19
- 10 The Roman Empire and Pliny10:46
- 11 Ptolemy's Maps5:23
- 12 Pilgrim Travellers9:40
- 13 Irish Explorers9:33
- 14 After Mohammed8:28
- 15 The Vikings Sail the Northern Seas9:44
- 16 Arab Wayfarers17:23
- 17 Travellers to the East14:07
- 18 Marco Polo18:51
- 19 The End of Mediaeval Exploration12:40
- 20 Mediaeval Maps5:36
- 21 Prince Henry of Portugal19:54
- 22 Bartholomew Diaz Reaches the Stormy Cape8:34
- 23 Christopher Columbus14:47
- 24 A Great New World11:25
- 25 Vasco da Gama Reaches India14:10
- 26 Discovery of the Spice Islands16:54
- 27 Balboa Sees the Pacific Ocean9:32
- 28 Magellan Sails Round the World16:49
- 29 Cortes Explores and Conquers Mexico18:25
- 30 Explorers in South America15:22
- 31 Cabot Sails to Newfoundland6:52
- 32 Jacques Cartier Explores Canada11:05
- 33 Search For a North-West Passage14:30
- 34 Frobisher Searches for a North-West Passage5:56
- 35 Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World18:08
- 36 Davis Straight11:59
- 37 Barents Sails to Spitzbergen13:56
- 38 Hudson Finds His Bay13:14
- 39 Baffin Finds His Bay7:59
- 40 Sir Walter Raleigh Searches for El Dorado8:12
- 41 Champlain Discovers Lake Ontario9:56
- 42 Early Discoverers of Australia10:21
- 43 Tasman Finds Tasmania6:19
- 44 Dampier Discovers His Straight10:58
- 45 Behring Finds His Straight13:04
- 46 Cook Discovers New Zealand19:27
- 47 Cook's Third Voyage and Death18:11
- 48 Bruce's Travels in Abyssinia18:28
- 49 Mungo Park and the Niger18:15
- 50 Vancouver Discovers His Island8:46
- 51 Mackenzie and His River4:41
- 52 Parry Discovers Lancaster Sound12:51
- 53 The Frozen North17:43
- 54 Franklin's Land Voyage to the North9:57
- 55 Parry's Polar Voyage6:01
- 56 The Search for Timbuktu13:59
- 57 Landers Discover the Mouth of the Niger6:57
- 58 Ross Discovers the North Magnetic Pole13:17
- 59 Flinders Names Australia18:01
- 60 Sturt's Discoveries in Australia15:51
- 61 Ross Makes Discoveries in the Antarctic Seas8:00
- 62 Franklin Discovers the North-West Passage13:58
- 63 David Livingstone18:23
- 64 Burton and Speke in Central Africa10:49
- 65 Livingston Traces Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa7:48
- 66 Expedition to Victoria Nyanza12:16
- 67 Baker Finds Albert Nyanza11:55
- 68 Livingstone's Last Journey19:00
- 69 Through the Dark Continent25:49
- 70 Nordenskiold Finds North-East Passage17:57
- 71 The Exploration of Tibet19:04
- 72 Nansen Reaches Farthest North17:21
- 73 Peary Reaches the North Pole11:39
- 74 The Quest for the South Pole19:19
- 75 Dates of Chief Events11:10
