Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery

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Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery

by Captain Adam Seaborn

EN·~4 hours·23 chapters

Chapters

23 total
1

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE.

0:30
2

ADVERTISEMENT.

1:17
3

A VOYAGE. - CHAPTER I.

8:31
4

CHAPTER II.

18:09
5

CHAPTER III.

23:46
6

CHAPTER IV.

20:54
7

CHAPTER V

14:25
8

CHAPTER VI.

10:47
9

CHAPTER VII.

19:35
10

CHAPTER VIII.

20:35

Description

A determined American navigator builds a massive, double‑framed steam vessel, designed to brave polar storms, ice, and the unknown forces of a hidden world. Drawing on the bold hypothesis of an inner earth and the recent triumph of steam propulsion, he sets sail in 1817, hoping to carve a new passage for commerce, curiosity, and national pride. The opening pages detail his ingenious ship construction, the challenges of fueling a crew of fifty for years, and the philosophical drive that pushes humanity to seek horizons beyond the familiar.

As the expedition leaves familiar coastlines, the crew confronts fierce gales, uncharted currents, and the psychological weight of venturing into a realm dismissed by conventional science. Early observations hint at strange atmospheric phenomena and distant lands marked on the navigator’s speculative maps. Listeners are invited to share the wonder and tension of a journey that balances meticulous engineering with the daring spirit of early 19th‑century exploration.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (251K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Release date

2017-04-03

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Captain Adam Seaborn

Captain Adam Seaborn

Best known as the name attached to Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery (1820), this mysterious author still puzzles literary historians. The book is an early hollow-earth adventure that mixes sea travel, satire, and utopian imagination.

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