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The Great Explorers

The European Discovery of America

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The Great Explorers

Av: Samuel Eliot Morison
Berättare: Frederick Davidson
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The great voyages of discovery to the New World are here brought to life by one of the 20th century's most eminent historians, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Samuel Morison.

A master seaman himself, Morison personally retraced the voyages of the early explorers, charting his travels in maps and photographs and comparing these to the maps and travelogues of the early sailors. The resulting two-volume The European Discovery of America was widely acclaimed both for its author's incomparable knowledge of history, cartography, and sea navigation and for the fresh immediacy of its writing.

The Great Explorers abridges this great work, following the voyages of Columbus, Magellan, Drake, and many more. Here is the fascinating story of these explorers' ventures into uncharted waters, their encounters with natives, and their joy - and surprise - at discovering new land.

©1978 Oxford University Press (P)1995 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Welt
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"What a story! And how worthily the writer tells it!.... To read this book is to be a privileged passenger on the bridge beside a master mariner who... imparts the wisdoms of the deep in tones of a salty tang - brisk, skeptical, yet always measured." ( The New York Times Book Review)"One of the most readable and gripping histories in decades." ( Boston Globe)"In all ways admirable, written with wit and easy scholarship.... [Morison] at his entertaining best." ( The New Yorker)
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The narrator though pleasent to listen to, sorely needed coaching on how to pronounce french and spanish words and names. At times the pronunciation is so bad i couldn't even tell the attempted language. Past the halfway mark the audio keeps skipping. Meaning some words are entirely omitted or only partially played. The book itself is rather interesting. I do not recommend however due to the audio issues. Later in Chapter 23, when Magellan is the topic of discussion you can clearly hear other people speaking in the background. Truly terrible standard of quality.

Constant audio skipping

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