The Lives of Celebrated Travellers (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Biographies of Famous Explorers & AdventurersBy James Augustus St. John
Length36h 35m
About this audiobook
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers (Vol. 1–3) is an ambitious nineteenth-century compendium of biographical studies devoted to the great figures of exploration, pilgrimage, and geographic discovery. Ranging from classical and medieval wayfarers to early modern navigators and adventurers, the work blends historical narration, moral reflection, and antiquarian learning. Its style is lucid, elevated, and instructive, characteristic of Victorian-era popular scholarship, situating travel not merely as movement through space but as a civilizational force shaping knowledge, commerce, and imagination. James Augustus St. John was himself a man of letters, journalist, historian, and traveller, whose wide intellectual interests made him especially suited to such a project. His own experiences in the Mediterranean and Near East, combined with his engagement in historical and geographical writing, informed his sympathy for restless inquiry and cross-cultural encounter. St. John wrote at a time when Britain's imperial and scholarly attention to the wider world gave travel literature renewed urgency. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the history of exploration, biography, and the literary culture of travel. It offers not only memorable lives but also a revealing portrait of how the nineteenth century understood curiosity, courage, and the pursuit of knowledge.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length36 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The True Story of Uncle Tom's Life: Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Annotated)
20John Ledyard.
2Volume 1
21George Forster.
3William de Rubruquis.
22James Bruce.
4Marco Polo.
23Jonas Hanway.
5Ibn Batūta.
24Antonio de Ulloa.
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6Leo Africanus.
25Volume 3
7Pietro della Valle.
26Mungo Park.
8Jean Baptiste Tavernier.
27Peter Simon Pallas.
9François Bernier.
28Carsten Niebuhr.
10Sir John Chardin.
29Marie Gabriel Auguste Florent, le Comte de Choiseul-Gouffier.
11Engelbert Kæmpfer.
30John Lewis Burckhardt.
12Henry Maundrell.
31Constantin Francois Chassebœuf de Volney.
13Volume 2
32Edward Daniel Clarke.
14Joseph Pitton de Tournefort.
33Francois le Vaillant.
15Dr. Thomas Shaw.
34Belzoni.
16Frederic Hasselquist.
35Dominique Vivant Denon.
17Lady Wortley Montague.
36Reginald Heber.
18Richard Pococke.
37Memorable Quotes
19John Bell.
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