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The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor

1:44:27 – Sir Richard Burton (1821–1890) 

The First Voyage

After spending the wealth left to him by his father, Sinbad goes to sea to repair his fortune & seek adventure landing upon an island that is actually a gigantic sleeping whale!

The Second Voyage

Sinbad is stranded on an island which contains Roc eggs, a huge mythical creature with wings. He attaches himself with the help of his turban to a one of the giant creature and is transported to a valley of giant snakes!

The Third Voyage

   But by ill chance, Sinbad and his companions are cast up on an island where they are captured by a “huge creature in the likeness of a man, with eyes like coals of fire and large canine teeth!

The Fourth Voyage

Too late Sinbad learns of a  ghastly custom of the land he is stranded in: on the death of one marriage partner, the other is buried alive with his or her spouse in their finest clothes and costly jewels. Sinbad’s wife falls ill, and dies leaving Sinbad trapped in a communal tomb, with a jug of water and seven pieces of bread!

The Fifth Voyage

While passing a desert island Sinbad’s crew spots a gigantic egg and his crew feasts on the baby chick inside. It’s mother attacks the men as they race back to their ship! But thing turn even worse!

The Sixth Voyage of Sinbad

Sinbad again voyages to a dangerous land where the rivers are full of diamonds and pearls lay about for the taking in its wide green valleys!

The Seventh Voyage

Sinbad’s last voyage nearly becomes his undoing when he is captured by birdmen who set him down alone on a mountain top in the wilderness!