A General History and Collection of Voyages — Volume 15
A General History and Collection of Voyages — Volume 15 by Robert Kerr is available here as the complete text, split into 1664 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Robert Kerr. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #14611.
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A General History and Collection of Voyages — Volume 15
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Yes. All 8318 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #14611 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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Project Gutenberg eBook #14611, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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About 600 minutes of reading across 1664 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in A General History and Collection of Voyages — Volume 15
Words and structures a reader meets early in A General History and Collection of Voyages — Volume 15, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Leaving
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- Zealand
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- Return
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- England
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