Travel & Geography
The Log Of A Sea-Waif: Being Recollections Of The First Four Years Of My Sea Life
Read by David Wales
Frank Thomas Bullen
The brilliant author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot" and "Idylls of the Sea" presents in this new work (1899) the contin…
Across America by Motorcycle
Read by Barry Eads
C. K. Shepherd
The year is 1919 and Charles Kenilworth ("C.K.") Shepherd, a former British Royal Air Force Captain and World War I veteran, has d…
Things Seen in Florence
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth W. Grierson
One of the largest and wealthiest cities of medieval Europe, the home of Dante and Giotto has long been a magnet for lovers of art, architec…
The Alps, the Danube and the Near East
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
Journeying through many countries including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland and Greece, the author gives an in-depth account of many …
Prowling About Panama
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George A. Miller
In 1903, Panama became a brand new state in Central America by seceding from Colombia in order to facilitate the construction of the Panama …
A Bachelor Girl in Burma
Read by Mary Ann Hadley
Geraldine Edith Mitton
Miss Mitton was an unusual English woman of her time. As a published author, this unmarried woman in her early 30s recorded her visit to Bu…
The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922
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George Mallory
Personal narratives of climbing Mount Everest in 1922-1923. The expeditions did not reach the summit. The northern approach to the mountain…
The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 1
Read by David Cole
James Cook
In May 1768, the Admiralty commissioned the 39-year old Cook to command a scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean to observe and record the 1…
Through East Anglia In A Motor Car
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James Edmund Vincent
The beginning of the last century saw an increasing popularity of the motor car as a viable method of transport for a significant number of …
The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany
Read by Barbara Baker
Ford Madox Ford and Violet Hunt
A travel journal of a year the author spent in Germany. With a preface and two additional chapters by her partner, the novelist Ford Madox F…
Carpenter's World Travels: From Tangier to Tripoli
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
Author's account of travels through Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli and the Sahara Desert with stories about the people, climate, industry and cul…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 02. February 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles: Crater Lake, Oregon, by J…
North-Pole Voyages
Read by Kristine Bekere
Zachariah Atwell Mudge
For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…
Carpenter's World Travels: France to Scandinavia
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities a…
Canada and Newfoundland
Read by Betty B.
Frank G. Carpenter
Another entry in Carpenter's series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B)
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 05. May 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles:* Africa Since 1888, by Hon. Ga…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 04. April 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles: A Summer Voyage to the Arcti…
A Ride Across the Peloponnese
Read by Rob Marland
George Macmillan
In the spring of 1877, a young Oscar Wilde visited Greece with his classics professor, J. P. Mahaffy, and two friends. One of these friends,…
Your United States: Impressions Of A First Visit
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journal…
Kamakura
Read by Phil Benson
Yone Noguchi
'Kamakura is nothing if she has no history, writes Japanese novelist, poet, and essayist Yone Noguchi. At the turn of the 20th century, Kama…