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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 (4 hr 41 min)

Chapters

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