Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 09. September 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number.It includes the following articles:Modification of the Great …
Notes of An East Coast Naturalist
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Arthur Henry Patterson
Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and faun…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 05. May 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles: A Winter Voyage Through The St…
Man and Nature on the Broads
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Arthur Henry Patterson
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…
In The Footprints Of The Padres
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Charles Warren Stoddard
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote travel books quite popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This…
South-Sea Idyls
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Charles Warren Stoddard
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote quite popular travel books, especially those about Polynesia. South-Sea Idyls (1873)…
Our New Zealand Cousins
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James Inglis
A travelogue of a trip through New Zealand in 1885 with panegyric descriptions of the scenery, elucidations of the progress the country had …
Going Abroad? Some Advice
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Robert Luce
Going abroad for a holiday or business is always exciting, but we can only imagine how exciting it would have been in 1900 to board a steame…
The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury
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Julia Mary Cartwright
"This account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterb…
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
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John William Norie
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 06. June 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number.It includes the following articles:The Effects of Geographic Envir…
American Scenery, Vol. 1
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…
The Land of the Broads
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Ernest Richard Suffling
The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterw…
Two Years in Oregon
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Wallis Nash
Wallis Nash was a British lawyer who visited Oregon and later emigrated with his family. His account covers a great breadth of description …
Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress after Years in a Night of Revolution
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John Dryden Kuser
This book is part history and part travelogue, an account of a brief visit by a wealthy, white U.S. politician during a lamentable time in H…
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
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Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…
The British Isles and the Baltic States
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Frank G. Carpenter
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 Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known
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Joseph Jacobs
This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…
Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain
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Mark Twain
This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…
An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773
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William Hutchinson
In the summer of 1773, lawyer and antiquarian William Hutchinson set out from his home in County Durham on a tour of the English Lake Distri…