Exploration
Canoeing in the Wilderness
Read by Melissa Green
Henry David Thoreau
A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…
A Woman's Journey Round the World
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer
Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Alexander Von Humboldt
In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departe…
Scott's Last Expedition
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Robert Falcon Scott
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…