Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé
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…
Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe
Join Little Lucy on an enchanting journey around the world in Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. This delightful tale invites young listeners to…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…
North-Pole Voyages
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…
The Story of Geographical Discovery
From the time of the Ancients to expeditions to the North Pole, Jacobs tells the adventure story of the discovery of the different lands and…
Audubon's Western Journal
John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862), son of the famous painter John James Audubon and an artist in his own right, joined Col. Henry Webb's Ca…
Saunterings In And About London
A witty 1853 travelogue by a cultured German for his countrymen. “…for I did not write for an English public, nor did I ever pretend to popu…
Exeter
Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England's most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view…
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon captures the essence of an 18th-century sea journey, as renowned author Henry Fielding embarks on a sailing ad…
Travels in New Zealand
“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…
Southern Arabia
Southern Arabia recounts a threatening four-month journey into North Eastern Ethiopia by the Bents. These brave travelers were the first to …
Mexico
In-depth study of the country of Mexico regarding the cities, rulers, religions, customs and culture. (Summary by Betty B)
Mountain Adventures
Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-lif…
Greatest Wonders of the World
A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age. Travelers incl…
Lancashire
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…
Letters from England
Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As …
Things Seen in Venice
Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art…
An Inland Voyage
As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first publi…
The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, April 1899.It includes the following articles:The Sources of the Saskatchew…