The Last Secrets
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
Genre(s): Modern (20th C), Exploration
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | 00 Dedication and Preface | Steven Seitel |
00:06:47 |
| Play 01 | 01 Lhasa | Steven Seitel |
00:38:57 |
| Play 02 | 02 The Gorges of the Brahmaputra | Steven Seitel |
00:16:28 |
| Play 03 | 03 The North Pole, Part 1 | Steven Seitel |
00:39:51 |
| Play 04 | 04 The North Pole, Part 2 | Steven Seitel |
00:21:06 |
| Play 05 | 05 The Mountains of the Moon | Steven Seitel |
00:30:43 |
| Play 06 | 06 The South Pole, Part 1 | Steven Seitel |
00:35:47 |
| Play 07 | 07 The South Pole, Part 2 | Steven Seitel |
00:33:04 |
| Play 08 | 08 Mount McKinley | Steven Seitel |
00:41:22 |
| Play 09 | 09 The Holy Cities of Islam | Steven Seitel |
00:37:31 |
| Play 10 | 10 The Exploration of New Guinea | Steven Seitel |
00:29:01 |
| Play 11 | 11 Mount Everest, Part 1 | Steven Seitel |
00:29:25 |
| Play 12 | 12 Mount Everest, Part 2 | Steven Seitel |
00:29:37 |