Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
The Cruise of the Walrus on the Broads
"This is an account of my latest sailing adventures on board a clumsy small sea-boat, on the pleasant waterways of Broadland.I acquired…
A History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the r…
Through Glacier Park
In Through Glacier Park, Mary Roberts Rinehart invites listeners on a captivating journey through one of America's most stunning natural lan…
On the Trail of Don Quixote
On the Trail of Don Quixote is an engaging 1890’s “record of rambles in the Ancient Province of La Mancha” by two artist friends, French aut…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …
On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara
This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…
Rambles in New Zealand
John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decide…
The Tower Of London
Description. History. “… those who read this book and have no opportunity of visiting the Tower expect that the characters in the moving d…
Pathfinders of the Great Plains
Pathfinders of the Great Plains chronicles the daring expedition of the La Verendrye brothers as they embark on a quest to discover an overl…
Scenes in Europe
In this little volume, Isaac Taylor takes us on a tour of Europe, anno 1824. We travel once around the entire continent, starting in England…
Peeps at Many Lands
Peeps at Many Lands invites listeners on a captivating journey through Egypt, as seen through the eyes of R. Talbot Kelly. This travelogue, …
With Porter in the Essex
The marvelous cruise of the U.S.S. Essex, the United States frigate of thirty-two guns, commanded by Captain David Porter. A story of his f…
The Mentor
The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…
Stories of California
This is a collection of short sketches about the state of California. They cover everything from historical vignettes to stories of the flo…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. President Theodore Roosevelt, in a 1903 speech, declared that "The future welfare …
Northern Trails
The reader who follows these trails will find them leading into a new country, a land of space and silence where it is good to be, away up a…
Our Little Korean Cousin
This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the…
The Story of Sitka
The Author recounts life in the great northwest in Sitka, Alaska "Sitka of the Russians" a century ago with insights into Sitka's …
How to Camp Out
Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…