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The Last Secrets

Gelesen von Steven Seitel

(3,6 Sterne; 10 Bewertungen)

The author, John Buchan, maintains that "the main lines of the earth's architecture have been determined" during the first two decades of the twentieth century, and all that remains is but "amplifying our knowledge of the groyning and buttresses and stone-work." In this history of exploration, he tells of nine of those momentous final discoveries that placed the earth's last big secrets firmly on the map, from the mysterious "cloud city" of Lhasa, to the slopes--but not yet the summit--of Mount Everest. - Summary by Steven Seitel (6 hr 29 min)

Chapters

00 Dedication and Preface

6:47

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01 Lhasa

38:57

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02 The Gorges of the Brahmaputra

16:28

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03 The North Pole, Part 1

39:51

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04 The North Pole, Part 2

21:06

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05 The Mountains of the Moon

30:43

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06 The South Pole, Part 1

35:47

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07 The South Pole, Part 2

33:04

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08 Mount McKinley

41:22

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09 The Holy Cities of Islam

37:31

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10 The Exploration of New Guinea

29:01

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11 Mount Everest, Part 1

29:25

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12 Mount Everest, Part 2

29:37

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