Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Lift-Luck on Southern Roads
Here for you is the tale of my latest solitary ramble. The journey covers, as you shall see, some two hundred odd miles, through five southe…
Mexico
In-depth study of the country of Mexico regarding the cities, rulers, religions, customs and culture. (Summary by Betty B)
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…
Uganda to the Cape
Another volume in the author's series of travelling the world and telling of its peoples, agriculture, industry, and social habits . This ti…
Africa, O Africa
This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…
Travels in Brazil
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…
A Traveller in War-Time
This is a collection of a series of journalistic articles written during his travels throughout WWI era Europe that Churchill -- the America…
Carpenter's World Travels
Travel stories of the land "Down Under" from 100 years ago. Native life and scenery and commerce of islands such as Tonga and Fiji…
The Pilgrimage Of Etheria
This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It…
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 …
A Journey Round My Room
Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…
Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
Wreck of the London
Maritime life in the nineteenth century was as perilous as it was necessary. Whether voyages were military, exploratory or mercantile, or f…
Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical travelogue in in 1873. The book describes her travels through a relatively un-visited area in the So…
In the Land of the Lion and Sun
Newly graduated, 24-year-old Charles Wills went to Persia in the role of medical officer to the Indo-European Telegraph Department. This acc…
Cycling in the Alps
A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular vi…
The National Geographic Magazine
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 3:The Arctic Cruise of the U.S.S. Thetis in the Summer and Autumn of 1889.The Law of Storms, co…
Mountain Adventures
Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-lif…
China
Another fascinating in-depth look at the largest country in the world. Its cities, peoples, culture and industry. (Summary by Betty B)
The American Far West
Charles Dickens started and edited a magazine called All The Year Round, a weekly collection of articles on a wide variety of topics. An an…