Adventure

The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic, 1910-1913

Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Apsley Cherry‑Garrard’s account is a personal memoir of the British Terra Nova Expedition (1910‑1913),…

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe is a first‑person adventure narrative that blends ship‑wreck survival with a detailed…

The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club

Robert E. Peary

The book is a first‑hand account of Robert E. Peary’s 1909 expedition that achieved the long‑sought discovery…

Journal of a tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas

Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Ball, John

The work is a nineteenth‑century travel journal that records a scientific expedition to Morocco and the Great…

Beasts, men and gods

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

The work is a sprawling travel memoir that doubles as a first‑hand chronicle of the chaos that followed the…

The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition

Charles Turley

The work is a biographical narrative that traces the life of Robert Falcon Scott from his childhood in Devon…

The pirates own book: Authentic Narratives of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers

Charles Ellms

The work presents itself as a compendium of authentic narratives about the world’s most infamous sea robbers,…

Ran away from the Dutch: Or, Borneo from South to North

M. T. H. Perelaer

The work is a colonial‑era adventure narrative set in the Dutch East Indies, focusing on a group of European…

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2

Roald Amundsen

The work is a two‑volume narrative of Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian Antarctic expedition aboard the Fram,…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 (of 10)

The volume opens within the opulent court of King Mohammed bin Sulayman al‑Zayni, where the minister Al‑Fazl…

Lake Ngami: or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa

Charles John Andersson

The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century travelogue that records two extensive expeditions across the…

The Land of the Black Mountain: The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro

Wyon, Reginald; Prance, Gerald

Ten Years Later

Alexandre Dumas

Ten Years Later continues Alexandre Dumas’s sprawling D’Artagnan Romances, picking up the saga in 1660‑1661…

The Tale of Mr. Tod

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Mr. Tod is a lively animal adventure aimed at younger readers, set in a woodland populated by…

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses

Robert W. Service

Robert W. Service’s The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses is a poetry collection that celebrates the stark…

My Father's Dragon

Ruth Stiles Gannett

The story is a whimsical adventure that blends animal characters with a touch of the fantastical.

Youth, a Narrative

Joseph Conrad

Youth, a Narrative is a sea‑faring adventure that begins with a group of former merchant‑service men gathered…

Under Two Flags

Ouida

The novel is a Victorian romance set against the backdrop of the French‑Algerian army and the British Life…

The Missourian

Eugene P. Lyle

The Mississippian is a sprawling historical adventure that places its eponymous hero, Lieutenant‑Colonel John…

A Son of the Sun

Jack London

A Son of the Sun is a sea‑faring adventure that plunges the reader straight into the sweltering heat of a…

Typhoon

Joseph Conrad

The work is a sea‑faring adventure that places its drama on the decks of a steamship bound from Singapore to…

Ibong Adarna Corrido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan nang tatlong Principeng Magcacapatid na Anac nang Haring Fernando at nang Reina Valeriana sa Cahariang Berbania

Anonymous

Ibong Adarna is a Filipino corrido that recounts the trials of three royal brothers, Don Pedro, Don Diego,…

White Shadows in the South Seas

Frederick O'Brien

Frederick O’Brien’s White Shadows in the South Seas is a travel memoir that chronicles a single year among…

Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and Through Central South Australia and Western Australia, from 1872 to 1876

Ernest Giles