Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Things Seen in Venice
Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art…
The Cruise of the Walrus on the Broads
"This is an account of my latest sailing adventures on board a clumsy small sea-boat, on the pleasant waterways of Broadland.I acquired…
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…
Summer on the Lakes
Margaret Fuller, the American early proponent for Women's rights, writes of her visits to the Great Lakes in the summer of 1843. - Summary b…
Northern Trails
The reader who follows these trails will find them leading into a new country, a land of space and silence where it is good to be, away up a…
Scottish Reminiscences
Archibald Geikie was a geologist in Scotland by profession, and a writer. While most of his writings were professional, this is a more perso…
A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates
This thrilling narrative recounts the true story of Fanny Loviot, a wealthy, young French girl who was kidnapped at sea. After setting sail …
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…
Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
Having disproved the myth of Terra Australis Incognita (The unknown Southern Continent), Cook returns to New Zealand via the Friendly Island…
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…
Three Men on the Bummel
Our Friends from Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog, are back. In this funny sequel to Three Men in a Boat J., George, and Harri…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…
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…
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-…
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…
Scenes in Europe
In this little volume, Isaac Taylor takes us on a tour of Europe, anno 1824. We travel once around the entire continent, starting in England…
The Tower Of London
Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…
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…
Our Little Korean Cousin
This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the…