Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
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…
Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska
This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales
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 …
Our Old Home
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a …
The Carpenter's World Travels
Join a journey through the Holy Land and Syria as it existed in the early 20th century. Visiting and learning of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Pales…
Canada and Newfoundland
Another entry in Carpenter's series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B)
Six Months In Mexico
This is an account of Nellie Bly's travels through Mexico in 1885. The book was originally a series of individual articles that she submitte…
Around the World on a Bicycle
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…
Japan and Korea
Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…
Through Glacier Park
This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights arou…
The Life of a Fossil Hunter
Charles Sternberg was an American fossil collector and paleontologist. He was active in both fields from 1876 to 1928, and collected fossils…
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…
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay offers a firsthand account of the early days of European settlement in Australia, as seen throug…
Daylight Land
Mr. Murray takes us on an adventure that he has recorded as payment to his family in exchange for their permission to embark upon it. In thi…
Under The Sky In California
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far fr…
Life In California
This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…
With Sack and Stock in Alaska
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …
The Soul of London
'Most of us love places very much as we may love what, for us, are the distinguished men of our social lives. [...] We are, all of us who ar…