Exploration & Journeys
A journey to Central Africa
Bayard Taylor · narrated by Moss
2026
16h 53m
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Bayard Taylor, one of America's most celebrated travel writers, journeys up the Nile and into the heart of Africa in the 1850s. He describes Egypt, the Sudan and the desert with a poet's eye and a reporter's stamina. Classic armchair adventure from the golden age of exploration.
Inside this audiobook
41 chapters
- 1PREFACE.6m
- 2JOURNEY TO CENTRAL AFRICA.15m
- 3CHAPTER II. FIRST VOYAGE ON THE NILE.25m
- 4CHAPTER III. PICTURES OF CAIRO.24m
- 5CHAPTER IV. PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY INTO CENTRAL AFRICA.17m
- 6CHAPTER V. THE PYRAMIDS AND MEMPHIS.32m
- 7CHAPTER VI. FROM MEMPHIS TO SIOUT.27m
- 8CHAPTER VII. LIFE ON THE NILE.25m
- 9CHAPTER VIII. UPPER EGYPT.30m
- 10CHAPTER IX. THEBES—THE WESTERN BANK.36m
- 11CHAPTER X. THE ALMEHS, LUXOR AND KARNAK.28m
- 12CHAPTER XI. FROM THEBES TO THE NUBIAN FRONTIER.13m
- 13CHAPTER XII. PHILÆ AND THE CATARACT.20m
- 14CHAPTER XIII. THE NUBIAN NILE.17m
- 15CHAPTER XIV. THE GREAT NUBIAN DESERT.43m
- 16CHAPTER XV. THE ETHIOPIAN FRONTIER.23m
- 17CHAPTER XVI. MY RECEPTION IN BERBER.26m
- 18CHAPTER XVII. THE ETHIOPIAN NILE.20m
- 19CHAPTER XVIII. THE RUINS OF MEROË.17m
- 20CHAPTER XIX. ETHIOPIAN NIGHTS’ ENTERTAINMENTS.40m
- 21CHAPTER XX. FROM SHENDY TO KHARTOUM.24m
- 22CHAPTER XXI. LIFE IN KHARTOUM.26m
- 23CHAPTER XXII. VISITS IN KHARTOUM.28m
- 24CHAPTER XXIII. THE COUNTRIES OF SOUDÂN.24m
- 25CHAPTER XXIV. EXCURSIONS AND PREPARATIONS.21m
- 26CHAPTER XXV. VOYAGE UP THE WHITE NILE.17m
- 27CHAPTER XXVI. ADVENTURES AMONG THE SHILLOOK NEGROES.32m
- 28CHAPTER XXVII. THE WHITE NILE.21m
- 29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HASSANIYEH ARABS.32m
- 30CHAPTER XXIX. INCIDENTS OF LIFE IN KHARTOUM.24m
- 31CHAPTER XXX. THE COMMERCE OF SOUDÂN.15m
- 32CHAPTER XXXI. FROM KHARTOUM TO EL METEMMA.27m
- 33CHAPTER XXXII. THE BEYOODA DESERT.29m
- 34CHAPTER XXXIII. THREE DAYS AT NAPATA.33m
- 35CHAPTER XXXIV. OLD DONGOLA AND NEW DONGOLA.37m
- 36CHAPTER XXXV. JOURNEY THROUGH DAR EL-MÀHASS AND SUKKÔT.28m
- 37CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BATN EL-HADJAR.30m
- 38CHAPTER XXXVII. THE ROCK TEMPLES OF ABOU-SIMBEL.18m
- 39CHAPTER XXXVIII. RETURN TO EGYPT.21m
- 40CHAPTER XXXIX. VOYAGE DOWN THE NILE.20m
- 41CHAPTER XL. THE RETURN TO CAIRO—CONCLUSION.18m
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