Travel & Geography
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…
Travels in Brazil, Volume 2
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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…
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…
Schetsen uit Amerika
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Charles Dickens
"Schetsen uit Amerika", een Nederlandse vertaling van "American Notes" (vertaler onbekend), is een reisverslag van Charl…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Venetian Life
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William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
White Mountain Trails
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Winthrop Packard
"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …
The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific
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Lilian Whiting
Lilian Whiting, renowned journalist and editor, takes the reader on a grand circle tour of the American West. Beginning with Colorado, Ms. W…
Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé
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Foster Barham Zincke
Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…