Project Gutenberg 2009-07-24 Public domain in the USA. 63 Iles, George 1852 1942 02022872 Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers Reading ease score: 71.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Columbus discovers America / Winsor, J. -- Arrival at the Pacific ocean, 1805 / Lewis and Clarke -- The sources of the Mississippi, 1806 / Pike, Z. M. -- Manila in 1842 / Wilkes, C. -- The ascent of Mount Tyndall / King, C. -- The grand cañon of the Colorado is explored / Powell, J. W. Produced by Sigal Alon, Marcia Brooks, Fox in the Stars and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers" by George Iles is a collection of essays and extracts that celebrate the spirit of exploration, written in the early 20th century. The work features a range of famous explorers, including Christopher Columbus, Lewis and Clarke, Zebulon M. Pike, and John Wesley Powell, presenting their adventures and the challenges they faced while mapping unknown territories. This anthology likely serves to highlight the significance of these explorers in broadening human knowledge and understanding of the world. The opening of the compilation sets a reflective tone, emphasizing the bravery and resourcefulness required of explorers. It outlines the inherent dangers they faced, from treacherous landscapes to hostile encounters, while noting that the legacy of exploration is far from over, as contemporary explorers continue to push boundaries. The preface highlights the contribution of these explorers not only to geographical knowledge but also to the resilience and curiosity of the human spirit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Explorers G Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 297224 296780 2024-10-12T15:56:08.722511 2023-09-13T06:48:42.798523 text/html text/html 296902 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1068467 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1017967 2024-10-12T15:56:18.946483 application/epub+zip 1018712 2024-10-12T15:56:13.375509 application/epub+zip 177829 2024-10-12T15:56:10.940507 application/epub+zip 878706 2024-10-12T15:56:22.597458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 850752 2024-10-12T15:56:17.010462 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305427 2022-09-13T15:41:41.289937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271023 270899 2024-10-12T15:56:08.160515 2023-09-13T06:48:42.354498 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 270780 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 102522 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 270864 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 102467 2009-07-24T05:47:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21448 2024-10-12T15:56:22.734436 application/rdf+xml 17688 2024-10-12T15:56:11.624505 image/jpeg 3835 2024-10-12T15:56:11.342498 image/jpeg 1197799 2024-10-12T15:56:08.766528 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog