{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"The Exploration of the Alps","description":"The pale maps of the mid-eighteenth century depicted the Alps as forbidding borders. They outlined jagged peaks and shaded slopes, but few names reached beyond the foothills.\r\n\r\nYet, in the libraries and salons of the Enlightenment, these rugged lines transformed into puzzles. Anomalies of climate, geology, and biology emerged, begging for explanation. Scholars and adventurers, armed with instruments and notebooks, turned their eyes to the high places.\r\n\r\nAurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 33 minutes, one complete story.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theexplorationarchive.com/exploration/exploration-of-the-alps","author_name":"The Archive Network"}