Travel & Geography

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 No. 1-2

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National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 04

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine Volume 4, articles published in 1892 and 1893.The Evolution of Commerce: Annual Address by the President, G…

Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World

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John Timbs


Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-lif…

British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

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Thomas Dowler Murphy


In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments…

In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World by Elizabeth Bisland

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Elizabeth Bisland


In November 1889, the New York World announced that it was sending its reporter Nellie Bly around the world, in a bid to beat Phileas Fogg's…

In the Heart of Africa

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Samuel White Baker


A wonderfully readable condensation of two of Baker's earlier, longer works recounting his self-sponsored expeditions into the Dark Continen…

Diversions in Sicily

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Henry Festing Jones


Samuel Butler's biographer dedicates his urbane account of the culture and entertainments of rural Sicily to the unborn son of his guide to …

Three Days On The Ohio River

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William A Alcott and William A. Alcott


This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…

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Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt and Alexander Von Humboldt


Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …

Our National Parks

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John Muir


This book is a collection of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine and gathered into book form in 1901. The focus here i…

A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland

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Samuel Johnson


Samuel Johnson’s wit and tongue-in-cheek expressions make this record of the economy, education and politicks [sic] of remote settlements an…

The Turkish Embassy Letters (selection)

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu


Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont) was an English aristocrat and woman of letters. In 1716, she accompanied her husband to Vi…

The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543

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John Leland


John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is m…

In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers

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Frederick Schwatka


An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Mad…

Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, an…

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Ernst Dieffenbach


“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, o…

The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

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Hendrik Van Loon


This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The…

Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789

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Arthur Young


Arthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst o…

The World’s Story Volume XI: Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and…

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Eva March Tappan


This is the eleventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March…

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

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W. H. Davenport Adams


The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as…

The Ins and Outs of Paris or Paris by Day and Night

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Julie de Marguerittes


Paris has been often described, by travelers, by artists, by savants, by friends and by enemies, yet it was after reading most of the works …

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