Travel & Geography

Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century

Read by Barbara Baker


Hester Lynch Piozzi


Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…

The Story of Sitka

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Clarence Leroy Andrews


The Author recounts life in the great northwest in Sitka, Alaska "Sitka of the Russians" a century ago with insights into Sitka's …

The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2

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James Cook


Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was a…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the United State…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 06. June 1896

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles:* The Seine, the Meuse, and th…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 03. March 1897

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Storms and Weather Forecasts…

Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district

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Thomas Gray


A collection of some of the most significant literary work on the English Lake District prior to Thomas West’s A guide to the Lakes (1778). …

Travels in Brazil, Volume 1

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Henry Koster


A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…

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 - 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 …

In the Wake of the Buccaneers

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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill


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…

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)…

The Gentle Art of Tramping

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Stephen Graham


Stephen Graham tramped extensively around pre-revolutionary Russia, and with immigrants as they landed on the East coast of America and spre…

Tafereelen uit Italie

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Charles Dickens


In 1844 reisde Charles Dickens samen met zijn gezin enkele maanden naar Frankrijk en Italie waar hij Rome, Napels, Venetie en Florence bezoc…

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…

Japan and Korea

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Frank G. Carpenter


Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…

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 …

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