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Little Masterpieces of Science - Explorers

"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

Year of Publication: 1902Genres: Exploration

Running Time: 04 hours 41 minutes 51 seconds

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