10 Famous Legendary Expeditions In World History plus 1 more

10 Famous Legendary Expeditions In World History

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:59 AM PST

There are many people in the world who love adventures and travel around to see the world. But a few of them manage to write their name in the history and in the list of great explorers. The following are the top ten such heroes and their amazing journey:

10. Roald Amundsen's Search for the Northwest Passage

He with 6 other people began his journey from Baffin Bay. They went to Resolute and then to Gjoa Haven. They stayed there for a whole year although it was winter. They went to Eagle City after sailing through many places. He learned many things in this journey, For example he learned to use sled dogs and animal skins.

9. Hernan Cortes and the Fall of the Aztec Empire

He was born in 1485 in Spain. Ib the year of 1518 he started his journey to Mexico. His life had fully been changed after reaching Mexico. He got married ad had a child. His wife was to only his wife rather she was a helper as well. She hep him throughout his life as she knew different languages.

8. Charles Darwin's Journey on the HMS Beagle

He had interest in history from his early childhood. He was influenced by many other people. He had his 5 year journey to HMS Beagle starting from 1831.

7. Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the Earth

He was born in the year of 1480. He went in the journey along with 234 people. No one at his time made such a journey before. He was the first person to complete circumnavigation of the Earth. he reached Seville on the 8th of September in 1522.

6. The Travels of Marco Polo

It was the year of 1254 when he was born. His father and uncle were accompanying him through his journey.

5. Stanley's Search for Livingstone

He was an agent of a country when he went on a secret mission to Africa in 1841. He has almost 200 people with him along the way. The region of Victoria Falls was discovered by him. He traveled a lot places in Africa and became very popular in his time. At the end he was able to find Livingstone on 27th of October in 1871.

4. Lewis and Clark and the Expansion into the West

In 1803 the west had the attention of America. Captain Lewis and his partner, Clark along with several other people left America in 1804 for the west. They went to many places and traveled many areas. Their journey was of 28 months and at the end they had all the information of the maps and the ways of those areas. This information was very useful for America.

3. Sir Edmund Hillary and the First Successful Everest Expedition

Hillary came on Earth on the 20th of June in 1919. He was born in Zealand. He was a student of Mathematics at the university of Auckland. In 1953 he set for a journey to the Everest. The leader of the expedition had made two teams and he had Sherpa Mountaineer Tenzing Norga in his team. He was able to complete his expedition and this was the first successful expedition to Everest.

2. Christopher Columbus' Discovery of the New World

He was born in Italy in the year of 1451. He got the sponsorship of the King and Queen of Spain in the year of 1492 to visit Asia by another route. He discovered many new places in his way and he became a great explorer.

1. Neil Armstrong's First Steps on the Moon

He was born in the year of 1930 on 5th of August in the region of Wapakoneta, Ohio. He had great interest in planes and he got his pilot's licence when he was 16. He did aeronautical engineering. He set on the journey to moon on 16th July 1969 and reached there on 20th June. He was the first person who set his foot on the land of moon.

Top 10 Free Websites To Convert Text To Speech

Posted: 28 Dec 2012 10:49 AM PST

Are you one of those people who would rather want to relax in their warm beds then to sit in front of the computer or carry a tablet in their hands and read through their exam papers and notes ? Well if yes, you certainly do not need to worry about it, because today, I will guide you through 10 such handy websites which can convert the text into speech for absolutely free.

10) Zamzar

Zamzar was created by Mike and Chris Wiley in England. It allows users to convert files without using a software tools. You only need to upload the text file or enter URL of any web page which will be converted to formats of MP3, MP4, RM and other different kinds of formats available. The only constraint is the limited size of the file that you can upload which is about 100 Mb.

9) YakiToMe

You will first need to go through the registration process for using this website, which is absolutely free and requires only a few clicks and information. You can then upload a text file in txt, doc or pdf format and the website will convert it for you into MP3. You will need to download this MP3 file which might require a little bit of time.

8) vozMe

A good thing about vozMe is that it can support upto different languages like Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi etc. It converts the text file into MP3 format. You can also connect vozMe to iGoogle and Facebook.

7) Text To Speech

There is constraint regarding this website. You can only add 1000 characters at a time to convert into speech. The converted MP3 file is however, not available for downloading , you will need to add Text To Speech functionality to your website.

6) Spoken Text

spokentext.net will help you convert the text of a doc, txt, pdf and ppt format file, although the size limit is restricted to 1.5 Mb only. You can copy and paste the text that u desire to convert into speech. All conversions are free for the first 7 days of your account only.

5) PediaPhon

You just need to give in the desired URL and PediaPhon will convert all the text for you. It also supports languages other then English, which include , French , German and Spanish.

4) iSpeech

All the files will be converted into MP3 format using iSpeech. You can comprehensively download the converted file or embedd it on your website and share. This is usually used to translate the text of Blog Posts into MP3 file.

3) HearWho

You will need to register before making desired conversions. However the registration procedure is free, and you can convert 500 only at a single time. The file is converted into Mp3 format.

2) Festvox

One different feature of this website is that it supports different formats of the converted text file. The audio format can be wav, aiff, ulaw and 12 different audio voices are available for you to choose.

1) ABC2MP3

ABC2MP3 will give you 4 different choices to select the voice for converted the audio clip. It allow you to convert 2000 characters at a time. The converted audio in MP3 format will be received in the email address that you will be asked to provide.

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