Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
The Book of the National Parks
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…
Unknown London
Unknown London invites listeners to uncover the hidden facets of one of the world's most iconic cities. Walter George Bell delves into the l…
Travels in New Zealand
“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, o…
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Join Little Lucy on an enchanting journey around the world in Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. This delightful tale invites young listeners to…
The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…
First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …
How the Mastiffs Went to Iceland
Anthony Trollope recounts his travel with the other passengers of the ship, Mastiff, to Iceland. He describes their journey by ship as well …
Carpenter's World Travels
Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become ou…
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari
A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)
Canyon de Chelly
A 1973 U.S. government publication describing the history and physical characteristics of this Arizona national monument within the boundari…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, July 1898, the N.E.A. Number.It includes the following articles:American G…
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, June 1899.It includes the following articles:National Growth and National C…
Lancashire
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…
A Guide to the Lakes
In the late eighteenth century, English writers discovered the landscape, not only in the paintings of Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin and S…
East by West
East by West: a Journey in the Recess is an account of British journalist Henry Lucy's travels across America and on to the Far East in 1883…
The Seven Seas
This is a collection of some of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, These poems are centered around travelling, many of which may have been writt…
America of the Fifties
When Fredrika Bremer arrived in New York from Sweden in October 1849, she was already famous throughout America for her novels and for her r…
Man and Nature on the Broads
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…
Our Search for a Wilderness
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…