Uses historical evidence to tell the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men from Marco Polo to the astronauts on the Apollo moon missions.
2 audio discs (2 hrs, 35 min., 37 sec.) : digital, Dolby, digitally mastered ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s digital recording
Notes:
In one container "Classic stories with classical music"--Container verso Read by Frances Jeater, Sam Dastor, and Kerry Shale
Contents:
CD 1, Introduction ; Marco Polo (1254-1324) Ibn Battuta (c. 1304-1368) Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Bartolomeu Diaz (c. 1450-1500) Vasco da Gama (c.1460-1524) Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) (1:79:11) CD 2, Captain Cook (1728-1779) Lewis and Clark and the Corps of discovery Dr. David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley The Apollo mission to the moon. (1:16:26)
