Exploration
Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…
A Voyage to the South Sea
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in Hi…
The Story of the Trapper
Canadian outdoors-woman and popular author Agnes Laut vividly portrays the men who braved the western wildernesses of Canada and U.S. year-a…
My Life at Sea
The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect speci…
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…
A Woman's Journey Round the World
Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…
From the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow Sea
A record of a voyage of discovery and adventure, beginning in Siberia and continuing to Northern China in the late 19th Century. - Summary b…
Pioneer work in the Alps of New Zealand
“Situated as we were at Camp 2, in fine rata bush, with a luxuriant undergrowth of tree-ferns and other plants - which in England would be c…
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…
"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…
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…
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
Having disproved the myth of Terra Australis Incognita (The unknown Southern Continent), Cook returns to New Zealand via the Friendly Island…
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 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…
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 …
A Gringo In Mañana-Land
Foster was a World War I veteran, world wanderer, journalist, embassy attaché, stoker on ships, miner, stowaway, bandit’s prisoner in…
Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
"The [Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee] shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans a…
The Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago is a classical Victorian work combining natural history, biogeography and ethnology while describing Wallace's travels…
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 …
Syria: the Desert and the Sown
Gertrude Bell's Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant (also called Greater Syria) during the first years of the…
Trailmakers of the Northwest
Published in 1921, this book recounts the exploration of the Canadian Northwest and the history of the region's fur trade. Drawing heavily o…