Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Audubon's Western Journal
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…
Faces and Places
Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, wh…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
With Porter in the Essex
The marvelous cruise of the U.S.S. Essex, the United States frigate of thirty-two guns, commanded by Captain David Porter. A story of his f…
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon captures the essence of an 18th-century sea journey, as renowned author Henry Fielding embarks on a sailing ad…
Carpenter's Geographical Reader
In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour through the most characteristic parts of the South Americ…
Gleanings in Buddha Fields
Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…
The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire
An engaging travelogue first published in 1886, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. Subtitle: Adventures o…
Life In Mexico
FRANCES CALDERON DE LA BARCA, born in Edinburgh, 1804, the daughter of William Inglis. After her father's death she settled in America, wher…
Mexico
In-depth study of the country of Mexico regarding the cities, rulers, religions, customs and culture. (Summary by Betty B)
The Pilgrimage Of Etheria
This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 5, articles published in 1893. Contents:Discoverers of America: Annual Address by the President, Gardine…
The Innocents Abroad
The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's witty and insightful account of his travels through Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. As he embarks on …
Italian Hours
A loving recollection of the writer’s experiences, over many decades, of Italian places, people and art. - Summary by barbara2
On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara
This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…
A Journey Round My Room
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…
Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
Three Gringos in Venezuela
In the 1890's, three American adventurers in search of warmer weather explore Central and South American cities by steamship and on horsebac…
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…
Travels in Brazil
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…