20th Century Exploration Audiobooks

The Book Hub has 78 audiobooks in Exploration written in 1900 or later. Together they add up to about 637 hours of listening, and the average title runs 8 hours 30 minutes. The most popular is South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 by Ernest Shackleton. Authors with the most titles here are Apsley Cherry-Garrard (2), Roald Amundsen (2), Hudson Stuck (2). Every recording is a public domain classic read by volunteer narrators.

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
15h 32m

South! The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917

By Ernest Shackleton

Exploration · Memoirs

Columbus
14m

Columbus

By Joaquin Miller

History · Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
3h 14m

Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

By William R. Lighton

Exploration · Biography & Autobiography

Primer viaje en torno del globo
5h 17m

Primer viaje en torno del globo

By Antonio Pigafetta

Exploration · Memoirs

Impresiones y paisajes
4h 29m

Impresiones y paisajes

By Federico García Lorca

Narratives · Exploration

Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850
5h 28m

Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850

By John Woodhouse Audubon

Life Sciences · Nature

Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1
9h 55m

Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

By Rustichello da Pisa

Exploration

Through the Brazilian Wilderness
12h 32m

Through the Brazilian Wilderness

By Theodore Roosevelt

Exploration · Memoirs

South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12
19h 48m

South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12

By Roald Amundsen

Exploration

Gertrude Bell
8h 9m

Gertrude Bell

By Ronald Bodley

Modern (19th C) · Exploration

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World
9h 8m

True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World

By Adolphus W. Greely

Exploration

Canoeing in the Wilderness
2h 41m

Canoeing in the Wilderness

By Henry David Thoreau

Nature · Exploration

Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2)
17h 29m

Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Volume 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition' (Version 2)

By Robert Falcon Scott

Earth Sciences · Exploration

Frozen North
4h 15m

Frozen North

By Edith Horton

History · Exploration

Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers
4h 41m

Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers

By George Iles

Exploration

Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 1
5h 25m

Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Vol 1

By Lyman Copeland Draper

Modern (19th C) · Exploration

Peaks of Shala
9h 21m

Peaks of Shala

By Rose Wilder Lane

Travel & Geography · Exploration

Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1
12h 16m

Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1

By Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Exploration

Deutsche Nordseeküste - Friesische Inseln und Helgoland
9h 27m

Deutsche Nordseeküste - Friesische Inseln und Helgoland

By Hippolyt Haas

Nature · Modern (20th C)

Lost Oases
7h 15m

Lost Oases

By Ahmed Hassanein

Exploration

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1
22h 49m

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1

By Alexander von Humboldt

Exploration

Vasco Núñez de Balboa: historia del descubrimiento del Océano Pacífico
2h 56m

Vasco Núñez de Balboa: historia del descubrimiento del Océano Pacífico

By Ángel Ruiz de Obregón y Retortillo

History · Exploration

Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
9h 8m

Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation

By Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee

Technology & Engineering · Exploration

Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition'
19h 11m

Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition'

By Leonard Huxley

History · Exploration

Lapérouse
3h 1m

Lapérouse

By Ernest Scott

Exploration · Biography & Autobiography

Inca Lands
9h 54m

Inca Lands

By Hiram Bingham

Exploration · Memoirs

Captain Cook
6h 15m

Captain Cook

By Walter Besant

Early Modern · Exploration

Last Voyage of the Karluk
7h 16m

Last Voyage of the Karluk

By Robert Abram Bartlett

Modern (20th C) · Exploration

Gringo In Mañana-Land
8h 42m

Gringo In Mañana-Land

By Harry La Tourette Foster

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) · Exploration

Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
12h 1m

Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled

By Hudson Stuck

Transportation · Nature

Last Secrets
6h 29m

Last Secrets

By John Buchan

Modern (20th C) · Exploration

My Friends the Savages
6h 17m

My Friends the Savages

By Giovanni Battista Cerruti

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) · Exploration

Lure of the Labrador Wild
8h 13m

Lure of the Labrador Wild

By Dillon Wallace

Exploration

Ascent of Denali
4h 27m

Ascent of Denali

By Hudson Stuck

Sports & Recreation · Modern (20th C)

My Life at Sea
9h 59m

My Life at Sea

By William Caius Crutchley

Exploration

Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2
9h 35m

Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2

By Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Exploration

Titan Of Chasms: The Grand Canyon Of Arizona
1h 35m

Titan Of Chasms: The Grand Canyon Of Arizona

By Charles A. Higgins

Earth Sciences · Nature

Mexican Archæology
12h 2m

Mexican Archæology

By Thomas A. Joyce

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) · Antiquity

Romance of Polar Exploration
8h 36m

Romance of Polar Exploration

By G. Firth Scott

Exploration

Opening the West with Lewis and Clark
7h 6m

Opening the West with Lewis and Clark

By Edwin L. Sabin

Exploration

Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission
9h 51m

Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific-Expedition and the Telegraph Line Commission

By Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon

Exploration · Memoirs

Romance of Early Exploration
9h 59m

Romance of Early Exploration

By Archibald Williams

Exploration

Sea and the Jungle
8h 15m

Sea and the Jungle

By Henry Major Tomlinson

Nature · Travel & Geography

By Way of Cape Horn
13h 25m

By Way of Cape Horn

By Paul Eve Stevenson

Transportation · Exploration

By Desert Ways to Baghdad
7h 6m

By Desert Ways to Baghdad

By Louisa Jebb Wilkins

Modern (20th C) · Exploration

Cruise of the Corwin
7h 10m

Cruise of the Corwin

By John Muir

Exploration

Los Lusíadas
6h 30m

Los Lusíadas

By Luís Vaz de Camões

Epics · Exploration

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana
11h 12m

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana

By William Beebe

Nature · Animals

Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
6h 1m

Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador

By Mina Benson Hubbard

Exploration · Memoirs

Romance of Modern Exploration
11h 17m

Romance of Modern Exploration

By Archibald Williams

Exploration

Track of the "Typhoon"
6h 38m

Track of the "Typhoon"

By William Washburn Nutting

Exploration

Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains
2h 9m

Chronicles of Canada Volume 19 - Pathfinders of the Great Plains

By Lawrence J. Burpee

Early Modern · Exploration

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North
3h 19m

Chronicles of Canada Volume 20 - Adventurers of the Far North

By Stephen Leacock

Modern (19th C) · Exploration

Across the Andes
7h 3m

Across the Andes

By Charles Johnson Post

Exploration

Syria: the Desert and the Sown
8h 47m

Syria: the Desert and the Sown

By Gertrude Bell

Modern (20th C) · Exploration

Into the Frozen South
10h 18m

Into the Frozen South

By James W. S. Marr

Exploration · *Non-fiction

Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru
5h 13m

Francisco Pizarro and the Conquest of Peru

By Frederick A. Ober

Early Modern · Exploration

Travel Stories Retold From St. Nicholas
4h 19m

Travel Stories Retold From St. Nicholas

By Various

Children's Non-fiction · Exploration

Gold Hunting in Alaska
7h 20m

Gold Hunting in Alaska

By Joseph Grinnell

Exploration

Great White North
16h 28m

Great White North

By Helen S. Wright

Modern (19th C) · Exploration

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