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Captain James Cook
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall185
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Performance157
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Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand and establish that it was two main islands; discover the Hawaiian Islands for the British Empire; and left an enduring legacy.
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Fantastic
- By DNix on 19-09-18
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Captain James Cook
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 13-09-18
- Language: English
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Neptune’s Fortune
- The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire, from the Bestselling Author
- By: Julian Sancton
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5
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Brought to you by Penguin. The riveting true story of a legendary Spanish galleon that sunk with over $1 billion in gold and silver—and one man’s obsessive quest to find it—from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth Roger Dooley wasn’t looking for the...
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Neptune’s Fortune
- The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire, from the Bestselling Author
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 29-01-26
- Language: English
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Conquistadores
- By: Fernando Cervantes
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance39
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Brought to you by Penguin. 'With reason, evidence, common sense, uncompromising candour and disciplined imagination Fernando Cervantes makes the conquistadores believable' Felipe Fernández-Armesto The 'conquistadores', the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff...
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Nonjudgmental survey of the Conquistadors
- By paul mcnamaa on 30-01-22
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Conquistadores
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Battle of the Arctic
- The Maritime Epic of World War Two
- By: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
- Narrated by: Alfred McNish
- Length: 24 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance11
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NOMINATED FOR THE 2026 MILITARY HISTORY BOOK AWARDS No campaign during World War Two contained more spinetingling drama, outstanding courage and heartbreaking tragedy than the Arctic convoys. Yet they – and the multifaceted Battle of the Arctic that had to be fought to get them through to...
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Yawn
- By Anonymous on 17-04-26
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Battle of the Arctic
- The Maritime Epic of World War Two
- Narrated by: Alfred McNish
- Length: 24 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 06-11-25
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Indonesia
- Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
- By: Tim Hannigan
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance44
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Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and has the fourth-largest population in the world after the United States. Indonesian history and culture are especially relevant today as the island nation is an emerging power in the region with a dynamic new leader. It is a land of incredible diversity and unending paradoxes that has a long and rich history stretching back a thousand years and more.
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This book is wonderful
- By gi on 06-06-20
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A Brief History of Indonesia
- Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia's Largest Nation
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 30-04-19
- Language: English
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Marco Polo
- The Journey That Changed the World
- By: John Man
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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In 1271 a young Italian merchant named Marco Polo embarked on a groundbreaking expedition from Venice, through the Middle East and Central Asia to China. His extraordinary reports of his experiences introduced medieval Europe to an exotic new world of emperors and concubines, amazing cities, huge armies, unusual spices and cuisine, and imperial riches. Marco Polo also revealed the wonders of Xanadu, the summer capital of Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.
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Wonderful!
- By TDH on 26-09-24
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Marco Polo
- The Journey That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
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24 Hours in the Viking World
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- By: Kirsten Wolf
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Spend 24 hours immersed in the rich and fascinating everyday lives of the Vikings. Between the infamous Lindisfarne raid in 793 CE and the Norman conquest of 1066, the peoples we know now as the Vikings became one of the most far-ranging and influential civilizations in history. The Vikings are...
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Excellent
- By Paul M. on 13-08-25
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24 Hours in the Viking World
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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Against the Ice
- The Classic Arctic Survival Story
- By: Ejnar Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - introduction, Maurice Michael - translator
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Now a major Netflix film co-written by and starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) The harrowing, amazing, and often amusing personal account of two mismatched Arctic explorers who banded together to keep themselves sane on an historic expedition gone horribly wrong Ejnar Mikkelsen was...
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Author and narrator paint a good picture of the bleakness of Arctic Greenland
- By Chris on 06-06-24
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Against the Ice
- The Classic Arctic Survival Story
- Narrated by: Tristan Wright
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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Historical Mysteries
- Ancient Secrets and Historical Mysteries from Vanished Civilizations to Lost Treasures: An Intriguing Collection of Stories, History, Trivia, and Facts
- By: Oscar Johnson
- Narrated by: Anthony Proctor
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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History is not a neat line of facts and dates. It is a landscape of strange gaps, unanswered questions, and voices silenced long before we were born. From crumbling ruins to cryptic symbols carved into desert stone, the past keeps reaching out. In Historical Mysteries, author Oscar Johnson guides you through the half lit corridors of time where archaeology brushes against the unknown. This audiobook is a journey for anyone who loves puzzles, ancient secrets, and the thrill of discovery.
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Historical Mysteries
- Ancient Secrets and Historical Mysteries from Vanished Civilizations to Lost Treasures: An Intriguing Collection of Stories, History, Trivia, and Facts
- Narrated by: Anthony Proctor
- Series: Historical Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-04-26
- Language: English
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The Black Ridge
- Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
- By: Simon Ingram
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Will undoubtedly become a classic narrative of this scenically magnificent, legend-rich and geologically unique part of Scotland’ Cameron McNeish, The Herald Rising a kilometre out of the storm-scoured waters around Scotland’s Isle of Skye is a dark battlement of pinnacles and ridgelines...
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Honest, accurate and passionate.
- By Luke on 25-09-21
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The Black Ridge
- Amongst the Cuillin of Skye
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 24 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-08-21
- Language: English
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In Patagonia
- By: Bruce Chatwin
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance62
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Story62
Brought to you by Penguin. Beautifully written and full of wonderful descriptions and intriguing tales, In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast and his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road.
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Travel Writing?
- By Jonathan Charles Cracknell on 01-11-19
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In Patagonia
- Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 24-10-19
- Language: English
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- By: Will Cockrell
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Featuring original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is “a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak’s transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity” (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has...
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Boomer Slop
- By john and donna on 30-07-25
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Everest, Inc.
- The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 16-04-24
- Language: English
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Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- By: Mick Conefrey
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Reaching the top of the world in 1953 was one of the most significant achievements in the history of human endurance.
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Mick is the Everest exper
- By Mr Mead on 06-01-26
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Everest 1953
- The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Legends and Lore)
- Narrated by: Mick Conefrey
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-06-25
- Language: English
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- By: Scott Ellsworth
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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From 1931 to 1953, there was a race like no other. It was a race to the top of the world - a race primarily between Great Britain, Nazi Germany and the United States. Carried on across nearly the entire sweep of the Himalayas, it involved not only the greatest mountain climbers of the era, but statesmen and millionaires, world-class athletes and bona fide eccentrics, scientists and generals, obscure villagers and national heroes.
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Great Story Disappointing Narration
- By Ovekat on 02-03-20
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The World Beneath Their Feet
- The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas
- Narrated by: Scott Ellsworth
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 20-02-20
- Language: English
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Falling Upwards
- Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts
- By: Richard Holmes
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW REPUBLIC BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NONFICTION BOOK OF 2013 From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to analyse the air to war generals floating across...
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Falling Upwards
- Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The Aeronauts
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 31-10-19
- Language: English
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Great South Land
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance7
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For many, the colonial story of Australia starts with Captain Cook's discovery of the east coast in 1770, but it was some 164 years before his historic voyage that European mariners began their romance with the immensity of the Australian continent. Between 1606 and 1688, while the British had their hands full with the Gunpowder Plot and the English Civil War, it was highly skilled Dutch seafarers who discovered and mapped the majority of the vast, unknown waters and land masses in the Indian and Southern Oceans.
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Great South Land
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 03-11-15
- Language: English
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The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told
- By: Stephen Brennan - editor
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane. We have always had a primal relationship with the sea - even those who have never been to sea remain fascinated by the seafaring life and tales of salty adventure. Now in a brand–new series collection, The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Jack London, John Masefield, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, and dozens more.
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doesn't stand up to its title
- By tfdodo on 20-09-25
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The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-02-13
- Language: English
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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- By: Stephen R. Bown
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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It was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expansion, controlling vast numbers of people and huge tracts of land, and taking on governmental and military functions. The leaders of these trading enterprises exercised virtually unaccountable, dictatorial political power over millions of people.
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Thoroughly enjoyable, informative and thought-provoking.
- By Mild Max on 09-07-25
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Merchant Kings
- When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 25-01-22
- Language: English
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Adventures for a Lifetime
- By: Ed Stafford, Ranulph Fiennes
- Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall122
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Performance103
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An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet. Open your mind and reboot your soul with these unforgettable adventures.
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Interesting adventures
- By Anonymous on 03-09-19
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Adventures for a Lifetime
- Narrated by: Ed Stafford, Peter Noble
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 15-11-18
- Language: English
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
- Arab Travellers in the Far North
- By: Ibn Fadlan, Paul Lunde - translator, Caroline Stone
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north, crossing territories that now include Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan. Ibn Fadlan's chronicles of his travels are one of the most important documents from the period, and this illuminating new translation offers insight into the world of the Arab geographers and the medieval lands of the far north. Based on an expedition to the upper Volga River in 922 AD,
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness
- Arab Travellers in the Far North
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 04-03-25
- Language: English
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