Travel
- Explorations in Nature and Travel
- Pioneering Journeys: Memoirs of Exploration
- Journeys Through History
- Epic Journeys of Exploration
- Philosophical Travelogues
Summer on the Lakes
Margaret Fuller, the American early proponent for Women's rights, writes of her visits to the Great Lakes in the summer of 1843. - Summary b…
Everglades Wildguide
This is a United States National Parks guidebook written by a popular young people's nature writer, Jean Craighead George. It covers the Eve…
Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary
Published in 1907 by Arthur Henry Patterson, a self-taught local naturalist, Wild Life on a Norfolk Estuary was one of his defining books on…
Civilization and Climate
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…
Celebrated Women Travellers
The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July-August Number.It includes the following articles:The Venezuelan Boundary …
Mari, Our Little Norwegian Cousin
"Long before Columbus discovered America, there were brave men in the north of Europe who dared to sail farther out upon the unknown wa…
A Waterbiography
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the November Number. It includes the following articles:* The Witwatersrand and th…
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills
In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of th…
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Samuel Johnson’s wit and tongue-in-cheek expressions make this record of the economy, education and politicks [sic] of remote settlements an…
American Scenery
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…
Byways Around San Francisco Bay
Explore the breathtaking landscapes of California in Byways Around San Francisco Bay by W. E. Hutchinson. This engaging non-fiction work inv…
Adventurers of the Far North
This is volume 20 of The Chronicles of Canada series. This volume describes the explorers who braved the Canadian Arctic in search of the No…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number.It includes the following articles:The Enchanted Mesa, by F. W.…
A Handy Guide for Beggars
"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…
The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk
The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially fish and birdlife. They comprise a netwo…
Many Gods
This is a volume of poetry by Cale Young Rice. The poems in this volume reflect Rice's experiences while travelling across Asia, and many of…
The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany
A travel journal of a year the author spent in Germany. With a preface and two additional chapters by her partner, the novelist Ford Madox F…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles: A Summer Voyage to the Arcti…