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The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans runs 41 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Keeble (about 27.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

41listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 41 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day82 days
1 hour / day41 days
2 hours / day21 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×28 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 41 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Jonathan Keeble

Jonathan Keeble narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,136 hours in all.

All Jonathan Keeble audiobooks, measured

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by Nigel Patterson runs about the same length (41.1 hours).

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans is an audiobook by David Abulafia: a 41-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Keeble, released December 19, 2019, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
41 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Keeble
Released
December 19, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9780141992655

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans as an audiobook?

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans runs 41 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 27.4 hours.

Is The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans?

The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans is narrated by Jonathan Keeble.

Is The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 27.4 hours, saving 13.7 hours.