02371cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000060011910000290012524500460015426400510020030000470025133600260029833700260032433800360035050000310038650502930041750801280071052010880083853400450192665300140197185600430198599900170202829502UtSlPG20260610133655.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a02022872  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aG1 aIles, George,d1852-194210aLittle Masterpieces of Science: Explorers 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2009-07-240 aColumbus 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.  aProduced by Sigal Alon, Marcia Brooks, Fox in the Stars
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aExplorers40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29502  c70350d70350