Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers


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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

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Preface 2:37 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Columbus Discovers America by Justin Winsor 37:14 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Arrival at the Pacific Ocean, 1805 by Lewis and Clarke 37:12 Read by Aubrey da Cunha
The Sources of the Mississippi by Zebulon M. Pike 32:09 Read by Kerry Adams
Manila in 1842 by Charles Wilkes 42:03 Read by Availle
The Ascent of Mount Tyndall by Clarence King 57:59 Read by Srikar G
The Grand Cañon of the Colorado is Explored by John Wesley Powell 1:12:37 Read by Kurt