THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Journeys of Celebrated NavigatorsBy Jules Verne
Length55h 21m
About this audiobook
In THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS, Jules Verne turns from imagined voyages to the documentary romance of real exploration, gathering the feats of celebrated navigators into a sweeping history of maritime discovery. Richly illustrated and written with his characteristic lucidity, the work combines geographical exactitude, narrative momentum, and nineteenth-century confidence in scientific progress. Its accounts of perilous seas, unknown coasts, and cross-cultural encounters place it within the era's popular literature of exploration, while also revealing Verne's gift for transforming factual material into compelling adventure. Jules Verne, the French pioneer of scientific romance, was uniquely equipped to compose such a volume. Though famous for Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in Eighty Days, he was also an assiduous researcher, fascinated by maps, machines, natural history, and the expansion of human knowledge. His fiction depended on the credibility of travel literature; here, he honors the sources that nourished his imagination. This book is recommended to readers who value exploration, intellectual history, and classic adventure prose grounded in fact. It offers both a window into the geography of Verne's century and a stirring tribute to the human impulse to chart the unknown.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreTravel
Length55 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 23, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated) (Annotated)
20PART I. (pt. 2)
2Introduction
21PART I. (pt. 3)
3Author Biography
22PART I. (pt. 4)
4Historical Context
23PART II. (pt. 1)
5Synopsis (Selection)
24PART II. (pt. 2)
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6THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated)
25PART II. (pt. 3)
7The Exploration of the World
26PART II. (pt. 4)
8PREFACE.
27The Great Explorers of 19th Century
9PART I. (pt. 1)
28PART I. (pt. 1)
10PART I. (pt. 2)
29PART I. (pt. 2)
11PART I. (pt. 3)
30PART I. (pt. 3)
12PART I. (pt. 4)
31PART I. (pt. 4)
13PART II. (pt. 1)
32PART II. (pt. 1)
14PART II. (pt. 2)
33PART II. (pt. 2)
15PART II. (pt. 3)
34PART II. (pt. 3)
16PART II. (pt. 4)
35PART II. (pt. 4)
17PART II. (pt. 5)
36Analysis
18The Great Navigators of the 18th Century
37Reflection
19PART I. (pt. 1)
38Memorable Quotes
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Die großen Seefahrer der Geschichte (Kommentiert)Jules Verne63h 27m$1 · $0.00
Christoph Kolumbus (Kommentiert)Jules Verne4h 45m$1 · $0.00
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Reisestipendien (Kommentiert)Jules Verne15h 34m$1 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Jules Verne in English (Annotated)Jules Verne227h 18m$2 · $0.00
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Farthest North (The Complete Two-Volume Edition) (Annotated)Fridtjof Nansen31h 50m$2 · $0.00
We are Soldiers StillHarold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway7h 46m$26 · $0.00
The Road to San DonatoRobert Cocuzzo7h 29m$17 · $0.00
Around the World in 60 SecondsNuseir Yassin7h 48m$26 · $0.00
The Midwest Survival GuideCharlie Berens6h 6m$24 · $0.00
The Home of the Blizzard (Annotated)Sir Douglas Mawson19h 2m$2 · $0.00
Local WondersTed Kooser6h 21m$14 · $0.00
A Haunted Road AtlasChristine Schiefer, Em Schulz6h 46m$17
Over the Edge of the WorldLaurence Bergreen6h 14m$24 · $0.00
The Worst Journey in the WorldApsley Cherry-Garrard20h 5m$32
What Really Happened In WuhanSharri Markson16h 28m$40 · $0.00
Sailing Alone around the WorldJoshua Slocum7h 25m$17
American RambleNeil King10h 58m$29 · $0.00
White Waters and Black (Annotated)Gordon MacCreagh11h 56m$2 · $0.00
Dear ParisJanice MacLeod5h 19m$17
New York Nico's Guide to NYCNew York Nico4h 44m$20 · $0.00
In The Footsteps Of RamaVikrant Pande, Neelesh Kulkarni9h 45m$16 · $0.00
The Old WaysRobert Macfarlane11h 23m$20
Scott’s Last ExpeditionRobert Falcon Scott18h 35m$32
How I Found Livingstone (Annotated)Henry M. Stanley19h 16m$2 · $0.00
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