Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the November Number.It includes the following articles:Patagonia, by J. …
Glimpses of Italian society
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the November Number. It includes the following articles:* The Witwatersrand and th…
American Scenery
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Storms and Weather Forecasts…
A Handy Guide for Beggars
"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…
Songs of Travel and Other Verses
A collection of short verses by the Scottish poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson reflecting his great love of travel and adventure from…
The English Governess at the Siamese Court
1862 Anna Leonowens accepted an offer made by the Siamese consul in Singapore, Tan Kim Ching, to teach the wives and children of Mongkut, k…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July-August Number.It includes the following articles:The Venezuelan Boundary …
A Waterbiography
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…
In Galilee
Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he or…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the…
My Travels
This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, th…
Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress
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…
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia
"If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852,…
Ceres’ Runaway
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
The Lusiads
The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tal…
Among Cannibals
From 1880-1883, the author undertook an academic expedition to Australia, with the purpose of recording zoological phenomena. While there, h…
Ten Days in the Light of Acca
This work is the story of a pilgrimage made over a hundred years ago by a group of American pilgrims. They were not headed for Canterbury, R…
This Giddy Globe
This Giddy Globe invites listeners on a whimsical journey through the world of geography, infused with Oliver Herford's signature humor. Wit…