Category Archives: Exploration

Audiobook: How I Found Livingstone

Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying “Dr Livingstone, i Presume?”. Born in

Audiobook: Fast in the Ice

At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the

Audiobook: South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12

In contrast to Scott’s South Pole expedition, Amundsen’s expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing,

Audiobook: Farthest North, Volume I

Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram”, 1893-96 and of

Audiobook: Through the Brazilian Wilderness

Roosevelt’s popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in

Audiobook: Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)

“The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best

Audiobook: Farthest North, Volume II

Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram”, 1893-96 and of

Audiobook: Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World

Having, on his first voyage, discovered Australia, Cook still had to contend with those who

Audiobook: Description of New England

Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was

Audiobook: Lure of the Labrador Wild

The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard,

Audiobook: Inca Lands

Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating

Audiobook: Woman’s Journey Round the World

Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first

Audiobook: Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2

The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition

Audiobook: Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 2

This volume, entitled “The Great Navigators of the 18th century”, forms the second of three

Audiobook: Frozen North

The Frozen North offers short sketches of the first men who bravely took great risks

Audiobook: Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 3

This volume, entitled “The great explorers of the 19th century”, forms the third of three

Audiobook: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1

In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the

Audiobook: Romance of Polar Exploration

While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been

Audiobook: Travels in the Interior of Africa

Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the ‘Association for Promoting

Audiobook: Voyage in the ‘Sunbeam’, Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months

Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family’s voyage

Audiobook: True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just

Audiobook: With Sack and Stock in Alaska

In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of

Audiobook: Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

The Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition was the famous survey that took place in 1913-14 to follow

Audiobook: Canoeing in the Wilderness

A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America’s beloved nature writers, this short

Audiobook: Audubon’s Western Journal: 1849-1850

John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist

Audiobook: Shores of the Polar Sea: A Narrative of the Arctic Expedition of 1875-6

“THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION of 1875 left England on 29th May, crossed the Atlantic to Davis

Audiobook: Woman’s Way Through Unknown Labrador

Mina Benson Hubbard set out in 1905 on a 576 mile canoe journey across the

Audiobook: Syria: the Desert and the Sown

Gertrude Bell’s Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant (also

Audiobook: Great White North

Sketches of those who braved the ‘Great White North’ in exploration and adventure. – Summary

Audiobook: Last Secrets

The author, John Buchan, maintains that “the main lines of the earth’s architecture have been