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ReadItinerarium curiosum (centuria I): or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain
William Stukeley
This work is a self‑conscious travelogue of antiquarian observation, written by the English physician and…
ReadConstantinople old and new
H. G. Dwight
The work is a travel‑and‑history sketch of Istanbul, written by H. G.
A Month in Yorkshire
Walter White
Walter White’s A Month in Yorkshire is a travelogue that blends personal observation with a catalogue of the…
ReadCamps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China
Andrews, Roy Chapman; Andrews, Yvette Borup
Camps and Trails in China is a detailed account of the 1916‑1917 Asiatic Zoological Expedition, undertaken by…
ReadThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 2 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7.
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery; Coues, Elliott
The work is a detailed expedition journal by Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, chronicling his 1806‑1807…
ReadThe National Geographic Magazine, Vol. III. (Complete), 1891
Various
The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. III (1891) is a comprehensive record of the Society’s third year of…
ReadThe curiosities of food: or, The dainties and delicacies of different nations obtained from the animal kingdom
P. L. Simmonds
The work is a Victorian‑era survey of edible animal products from around the world, assembled by Peter Lund…
ReadThe Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
The work is a scholarly edition of the original narratives that record Pedro Fernández de Quiros’s Pacific…
ReadThe General Historie of Virginia, New England & the Summer Isles (Vol. I) Together with the True Travels, Adventures and Observations, and a Sea Grammar
John Smith
The work is a sprawling seventeenth‑century chronicle that blends a history of Virginia, New England and the…
ReadWanderings in Spain
Théophile Gautier
In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin"
C. Boden Kloss
The work is a detailed scientific travelogue that records a 1900‑1902 cruise aboard the schooner Terrapin to…
ReadThe Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England. Volume 6 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe volume 6
Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de
The work is the final volume of François‑René Chateaubriand’s sprawling autobiographical masterpiece,…
ReadNarrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824
Denham, Dixon; Clapperton, Hugh; Oudney, Walter
The work is a first‑hand travel narrative chronicling the 1822‑24 British expedition into the interior of…
The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five
C. G. Hine
The work is a travelogue that doubles as a historical sketch of the Old New York‑Albany Post Road, written by…
ReadTravels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, Vol. 1 (of 5): being a journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of H.B.M.'s Government, in the years 1849-1855
Heinrich Barth
This work is the first volume of a five‑part journal documenting Heinrich Barth’s expedition through North…
ReadThe Cotton Kingdom, volume 2 (of 2): A traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American Slave States
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted’s second volume of The Cotton Kingdom is a travelogue that doubles as a socioeconomic…
ReadFrom Sea to Sea; Letters of Travel
Rudyard Kipling
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
David Grayson
The work is a first‑person travel memoir that blends personal reflection with a series of loosely linked…
ReadThe mystery of Easter island: The Story of an Expedition
Katherine Routledge
The book is a first‑hand account of a British scientific expedition to Easter Island, written by Katherine…
ReadThe Solomon Islands and Their Natives
H. B. Guppy
The work is a scholarly report by Henry Brougham Guppy, a Royal Navy surgeon who served aboard HMS Lark…
ReadHints to Travellers, Scientific and General, Vol. 2 Tenth edition, revised and corrected
Royal Geographical Society
The volume is a comprehensive handbook for explorers, produced by the Royal Geographical Society in its…
ReadVoyage to the East Indies
a S. Bartholomaeo Paulinus
This work is a detailed travelogue by Fra Paolino da San Bartolomeo, a Carmelite who spent thirteen years in…
West African studies
Mary Henrietta Kingsley
The work is a scholarly ethnographic study of West Africa, framed as a corrective to the scant and often…
ReadThe heart of Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Georg August Schweinfurth