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The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name by Toby Lester

The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter J. Fernandez (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.7listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter J. Fernandez

Peter J. Fernandez narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,014 hours in all.

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  • CrossJames Patterson · 7.5 hrs

All Peter J. Fernandez audiobooks, measured

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 Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name is an audiobook by Toby Lester: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter J. Fernandez, released November 20, 2009, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.7 hrs
Narrated by
Peter J. Fernandez
Released
November 20, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781440763335

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name as an audiobook?

The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name?

The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name is narrated by Peter J. Fernandez.

Is The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.