Exploration
The Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Although Mount St. Elias had been known to native Americans for thousands of years and to Europeans since 1741 when Vitus Bering saw the pea…
The Journal of Lewis and Clarke
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
The Romance of Polar Exploration
While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been told again and again, the constant renewal of expedition…
The Australian Explorers
"The Story of the Exploration of Australia is one which we cannot willingly let die. There are many reasons for keeping alive the remem…
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley
"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…
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…
The Book of the Ocean
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…
How It Flies
In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained t…
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
Benjamin Bonneville spent the years 1832 to 1835 on the adventure of a lifetime, leading an expedition of trapping, trading, and exploring i…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
The Romance of Modern Invention
This is a volume of exploration into the newest inventions of the turn of the previous century. Journalist Archibald Williams walks the read…
Travels in the Interior of Africa
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after M…
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and his team embarked on a bold expedition to traverse the Australian continent from south to north, aiming to …
Explorers and Travellers
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but…
Into the Frozen South
James Marr was a Boy Scout selected to go along with Sir Ernest Shackleton aboard the Quest in 1921 for the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition to …
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from…
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China
Details of an expedition across Southeast Asia. Includes discussions of peoples, customs journies, buildings and biological observations. - …
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…
Carpenter's Geographical Reader
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XII, January 1901.It includes the following articles:The Influence Of Submarin…