Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Travel Letters
This collection of Mark Twain travel letters was compiled by Barbara Schmidt for her website, TwainQuotes.com. According to his biographer, …
Impariamo l'italiano a Tropea
Do you love Italy and dream of it every night? Would you like to visit one of the most beautiful Italian sea towns? What if you could refres…
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
The mutiny on the Bounty occurred aboard a British Royal Navy ship on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the co…
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles invites listeners to explore the haunting beauty and stark realities of the Galápagos Islands throu…
Carpenter's World Travels
Author's account of travels through Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli and the Sahara Desert with stories about the people, climate, industry and cul…
The First Voyage of James Cook
Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was a…
Gleanings in Buddha Fields
Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known fo…
Thrilling Stories of the Ocean
Authentic accounts of modern voyagers and travelers; designed for the entertainment and instruction of young people. - Summary by Marmaduke …
Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled
This volume deals with a series of journeys taken with a dog team over the winter trails in the interior of Alaska. The title might have cla…
From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket
"... I have decided to write an account of a few of the many adventures and dangers that befell me while making my way, practically wit…
Europe Revised
Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My …
Travels in West Africa
Mary Henrietta Kingsley (13 October 1862 – 3 June 1900) was an British explorer and writer who greatly influenced European ideas about Afric…
In Quest of El Dorado
Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps …
The Assault on Mount Everest
Personal narratives of climbing Mount Everest in 1922-1923. The expeditions did not reach the summit. The northern approach to the mountain…
The Amateur Emigrant
In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland,…
Voyage Round the World
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …
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, …
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
"Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada" is a memoir by Clarence King of his adventures and work with the California Geological Surve…
Peeps at Many Lands
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…
Canada and Newfoundland
Another entry in Carpenter's series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B)