Voyager's Tales

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Voyager's Tales

by Richard Hakluyt

EN·~4 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total
1

VOYAGER'S TALES, - FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF RICHARD HAKLUYT.

0:03
2

INTRODUCTION.

4:19
3

VOYAGERS' TALES.

2:24:07
4

THE FIRST CHAPTER.

4:30
5

THE SECOND CHAPTER.

14:41
6

THE THIRD CHAPTER.

18:38
7

THE FOURTH CHAPTER.

12:07
8

THE FIFTH CHAPTER.

14:55
9

THE SIXTH CHAPTER.

18:29
10

THE SEVENTH CHAPTER.

12:42

Description

A young scholar, steeped in the bustling life of Elizabethan England, turns his boundless curiosity toward the far‑flung corners of the globe. His meticulous habit of gathering every account of sea and land—maps, journals, daring testimonies—creates a vivid picture of an age eager to rewrite the limits of possibility. Through his eyes, listeners hear the clamor of bustling ports, the rustle of newly drawn charts, and the whispered ambitions of explorers seeking new horizons.

The collection then launches into vivid narratives that bring the era’s perilous ventures to life. One tale follows an English merchant, John Fox, who braves danger to free two hundred and sixty‑six captives from Turkish chains in Alexandria. Another recounts the ship Three Half Moons, its crew caught amid Ottoman galleys in the Straits, forced to choose between surrender and fierce resistance. Each story preserves the raw courage, uncertainty, and relentless drive that shaped the early chapters of worldwide discovery.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (234K characters)

Release date

2003-02-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Richard Hakluyt

Richard Hakluyt

d. 1616

An Elizabethan writer, clergyman, and tireless champion of exploration, he gathered voyage accounts into books that helped shape how England imagined the wider world. His work remains a major window into early English travel, trade, and colonizing ambition.

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