Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers

by George Iles

7 chapters4h 41mEnglish1902

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"The love of adventure, the expectation of the unexpected, have ever prompted men stout of heart, and ready of resource, to brave the perils of wilderness and sea that they might set their feet where man never trod before." (George Iles in the preface) This last in the series of Little Masterpieces of Science to be recorded for LibriVox includes essays by or about the explorations of Christopher Columbus, Lewis & Clark, Zebulon Pike, Charles Wilkes, Clarence King and John Wesley Powell. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

Chapters (6)

1Columbus Discovers America by Justin Winsor

2234

2Arrival at the Pacific Ocean, 1805 by Lewis and Clarke

2232

3The Sources of the Mississippi by Zebulon M. Pike

1929

4Manila in 1842 by Charles Wilkes

2523

5The Ascent of Mount Tyndall by Clarence King

3479

6The Grand Cañon of the Colorado is Explored by John Wesley Powell

4357

Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers

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Chapters (6)

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