Travel Writing

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

T. Smollett

The work is an epistolary comedy that opens with a series of letters written by a nameless narrator to…

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s “Life on the Mississippi” is a first‑hand travel memoir that plunges the reader into the gritty…

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

James Richardson

James Richardson’s work is a nineteenth‑century travel narrative that records his 1845‑46 expedition across…

The Philippine Islands A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago, Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule

Foreman, John, F.R.G.S.

John Foreman’s work is a sweeping survey of the Philippines under three centuries of Spanish rule, presented…

In the forbidden land: an account of a journey into Tibet, capture by the Tibetan lamas and soldiers, imprisonment, torture and ultimate release

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

Arnold Henry Savage Landor’s In the Forbidden Land is a travel memoir that records his arduous trek from the…

Roughing It

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s Roughing It is a first‑person travelogue that chronicles a series of episodic adventures across…

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Polo, Marco; Rusticiano, da Pisa

The volume presents a scholarly edition of Marco Polo’s 13th‑century account of his journeys through Asia,…

The Land of Thor

J. Ross Browne

The work is a sprawling travelogue that blends observation with personal anecdote, aimed at readers…

The Book of the National Parks

Robert Sterling Yard

Robert Sterling Yard’s The Book of the National Parks is a comprehensive guide that blends description,…

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah

W. G. Burn Murdoch

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah is a travel memoir by the Scottish artist‑journalist W. G.

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World is a travelogue that blends observation, commentary, and…

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806

Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William

The Journals of Lewis and Clark present a day‑by‑day record of the Corps of Discovery’s early progress down…

Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber: or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge

J. A. Wylie

The work is a travel memoir by James A. Wylie, a Scottish clergyman who sets out from the Alpine foothills of…

Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska

Hudson Stuck

Hudson Stuck’s Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled is a first‑person travel narrative that chronicles a winter…

The Prairie Traveler: A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions

Randolph B. Marcy

The Prairie Traveler is a practical handbook for anyone planning an over‑land journey across the American…

The Spanish American Reader

Ernesto Nelson

The Spanish American Reader, compiled by Ernesto Nelson, is a language‑learning volume that introduces…

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy

Keppel, Henry, Sir; James, Rajah of Sarawak

The work is a first‑hand narrative of a mid‑nineteenth‑century naval expedition, written by Sir Henry Keppel…

Impressions of South Africa

James Bryce

The work is a sweeping historical‑geographical study of South Africa, beginning with a concise appraisal of…

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests

Johann Jakob von Tschudi

Johann Jakob von Tschudi’s work is a sprawling geographical and ethnographic survey of Peru, beginning with a…

Through Finland in Carts

Mrs. Alec-Tweedie

Through Finland in Carts is a travelogue that doubles as an ethnographic sketch of eastern Finnish customs,…

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi The Recollections of a Steamboat Pilot from 1854 to 1863

George Byron Merrick

Old Times on the Upper Mississippi is a first‑person memoir by George Byron Merrick, a “cub” steamboat pilot…

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 01

Robert Louis Stevenson

The volume opens with a rambling, first‑person account of a wayward pair of travelers, dubbed “the Cigarette”…

Aventures d'un Gentilhomme Breton aux îles Philippines

Paul P. de La Gironière

Ce volume est le récit autobiographique de Paul de La Gironière, médecin de marine et colon français, qui…

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania

Jewett C. Gilson

Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania is a geographic survey that treats the planet’s most barren…