Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
The Boy Travellers in Australasia
ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY TO THE SANDWICH, MARQUESAS, SOCIETY, SAMOAN, AND FEEJEE ISLANDS, AND THROUGH THE COLONIES OF NEW ZEALA…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…
The British Isles and the Baltic States
Another in a long series by the author focusing on the British Isles and a few chapters on Germany, Poland and other countries of the Baltic…
The Boy Travellers in Mexico
An engaging travelogue published in 1890, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. From the preface: "a bo…
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…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of som…
In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers
An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Mad…
From Pole to Pole
This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…
Across Asia on a Bicycle
In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 …
History of the Kingdom of Siam
Turpin's History of Siam, published at Paris in the year 1771 consists of two volumes, the first of which deals merely with the natural Hist…
Pathfinders of the Great Plains
Pathfinders of the Great Plains chronicles the daring expedition of the La Verendrye brothers as they embark on a quest to discover an overl…
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…
Cycling in the Alps
A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular vi…
Pioneer work in the Alps of New Zealand
“Situated as we were at Camp 2, in fine rata bush, with a luxuriant undergrowth of tree-ferns and other plants - which in England would be c…
Around the World with the Children
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…
Saunterings In And About London
A witty 1853 travelogue by a cultured German for his countrymen. “…for I did not write for an English public, nor did I ever pretend to popu…
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
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live…
White Mountain Trails
"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …
Songs of Sea and Sail
Thomas Fleming Day was an American sailboat designer and sailboat racer. He was the founding editor of Rudder, a monthly magazine about boat…