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Preface
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J. B. Dashwood
In The Thames to the Solent by Canal and Sea
An attempt to sail a small boat from the River Thames to the Solent in the English Channel, using a canal and river route. (Summary by Garth…
Geographic Literature
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National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 04. April 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, April 1898, the Klondike Number.It includes the following articles:The Nor…
CHAPTER I Introduction
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William T. Palmer
In The English Lakes
An exhaustive and illustrative book explaining the locations as well as descriptions of the lakes of England. Almost like reading a journey,…
The Relations of Geography to History
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Francis Wayland Parker and National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 05
National Geographic Magazine Volume 5, articles published in 1893. Contents:Discoverers of America: Annual Address by the President, Gardine…
Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction
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Various
A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…
Preface
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Frank G. Carpenter
In Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America
In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour through the most characteristic parts of the South Americ…
Chapter 11
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Edmund Plauchut
In China and the Chinese
Edmund Plauchut spent many years in China and gives an account of his observations of the places, people, and culture as he experienced them…
Chapter 22 Part II
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Wallis Nash
In Two Years in Oregon
Wallis Nash was a British lawyer who visited Oregon and later emigrated with his family. His account covers a great breadth of description …
Geographic Notes
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National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 09. September 1896
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number. It includes the following articles:* The Recent Earthquake W…
Geographic Notes
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National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 08. August 1896
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the August Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the National G…
00 Preface
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Joseph Smeaton Chase
In California Desert Trails
"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, …
Chapter I. Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Part II
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Hendrik Van Loon
In The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators
This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The…
Preface
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Frank G. Carpenter
In Around the World with the Children
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…
Chapters 15-19
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John Edward Marr
In North Lancashire
Cambridge County Geographies was a 75 volume series covering the counties of England, Scotland and Wales. Separate volumes were produced for…
Preface
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Frank G. Carpenter
In Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…
Preface
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James O. Brayman
In Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea
There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1
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Jules Verne
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated trave…
Home Geography for Primary Grades
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C. C. Long
Lessons and exercises for young children, exploring map and compass, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, wind and rain, and more. (Summ…
01 - Preface; Chapter 1: Midhurst
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E.V. Lucas and E. V. Lucas
In Highways and Byways in Sussex
A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, graves…
Preface
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Joseph Dunn
In The Glories of Ireland
A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…