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Discovery of New Worlds

Name: Discovery of New Worlds
Author: M. B. Synge

M. B. Synge

Read by Laura Caldwell · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Roman World (5:30)
A Great World Power (5:53)
Voyage and Shipwreck (6:58)
The Tragedy of Nero (5:32)
The Great Fire in Rome (6:44)
The Destruction of Pompeii (7:58)
Marcus Aurelius (6:31)
Decline of the Roman Empire (6:15)
Christians to the Lions (7:18)
A New Rome (5:37)
The Armies of the North (6:46)
The Dark Ages (4:55)
King Arthur and His Knights (7:45)
The Hero of Two Nations (7:36)
The Hardy Northmen (5:49)
How the Northmen Conquered England (7:04)
A Spanish Hero (7:55)
The First Crusade (7:29)
Frederick Barbarossa (6:46)
The Third Crusade (5:47)
The Days of Chivalry (5:08)
Queen of the Adriatic (6:47)
The Story of Marco Polo (7:57)
Dante's Great Poem (6:07)
The Maid of Orleans (7:31)
The Sea of Darkness (5:50)
Prince Henry, the Sailor (5:27)
A Famous Voyage (5:44)
The Invention of Printing (6:12)
The Stormy Cape (6:07)
Vasco Da Gama's Great Voyage (6:15)
India at Last (5:45)
The New Trade-Route (5:54)
Golden Goa (6:27)
Christopher Columbus (5:39)
The Last of the Moors (6:43)
Discovery of the New World (6:04)
The West Indies (6:01)
Columbus in Chains (6:23)
A Great Mistake (6:41)
Follow the Leader (6:57)
Discovery of the Pacific (6:27)
Magellan's Great Plan (5:28)
Magellan's Straits (6:02)
Round the World (6:47)
The Finding of Mexico (6:07)
Montezuma (8:11)
Siege and Fall of Mexico (5:49)
Conquest of Peru (8:30)
A Great Awakening (4:58)