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Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water, by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent (1861 - 1952)

This project is now complete.  All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/forty-thousand-miles-over-land-and-water-by-ethel-gwendoline-vincent/


Volunteers outside the USA: Ethyl Gwendoline Vincent died in 1952. The author's work is still protected by copyright in places like Europe, UNLESS the rule of shorter term applies.
Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America" this book is a record of the author's travels with her husband, Howard Vincent, through the British Empire and America from July 1884 through March 1885. In the words of the author, "It is but a simple Journal of what we saw and did." (Summary by knotyouraveragejo)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48013 - Please do not read the footnotes!

Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography

Keywords that describe the book: travel, America, India, Canada, egypt, new zealand, 19th century travel

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Chapter # [Part #] of Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water, by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water, by Ethel Gwendoline Vincent."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: fortythousandmiles_##_vincent_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. fortythousandmiles_01_vincent_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.

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knotyouraveragejo
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Open for claims. :) A DPL would be most welcome!
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Post by BettyB »

May I claim Sections 4 and 5..
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

4&5 are yours, Betty. Thanks!
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

And our journey begins...Chapter 1 is in the MW ready for PL. :)
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Post by JSWS »

May I claim section 9?
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

9 is yous, Jillian. Thanks for claiming. :)
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Post by jenno »

Could I please claim the Australian sections - that is 19 - 23 inclusive. Might be fun to compare their travels with mine !!

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Post by shirantha »

Hi,

Could I please claim chapter 3, the dominion of Canada? Thanks,
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

jenno wrote: August 10th, 2021, 11:55 pm Could I please claim the Australian sections - that is 19 - 23 inclusive. Might be fun to compare their travels with mine !!

Jennifer
All set, Jennifer. That would be fun!
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

shirantha wrote: August 11th, 2021, 5:09 am Hi,

Could I please claim chapter 3, the dominion of Canada? Thanks,
Shirantha
Hi Shirantha,

I've put you in for section 3.

I see you have submitted a 1-minute test. Please wait for feedback and and OK before starting on this chapter.

I'll also need to know by what name you would like to be listed in the catalog. This can be the same as your forum name, your real name or another pseudonym of your choice. If you have a personal website, that can be linked as well.

Thanks and welcome to Librivox. :)
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Post by shirantha »

Hi,

Here's my link to Chapter 3. @knotyouraveragejo: In the catalog, please list me as Shirantha (no need for last name). Length of file: 25:08.

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/fortythousandmiles_3_vincent_128kb.mp3

Thanks!
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Thanks for your file, Shirantha. It's in the MW ready for PL. Please note that the filename is missing the zero before the 3. If there are no other changes needed, then I will fix this, but I but if you upload an edited version, then please fix the filename accordingly.
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Post by shirantha »

Noted. My apologies and thanks!
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I've updated your catalog name. I've added your catalog name to the database. You can see this on your catalog page at https://librivox.org/reader/16538

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