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Cover of Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 1 [of 2]

Letters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 1 [of 2]

Joseph Woods

This work is a travel‑letter collection by Joseph Woods that doubles as a systematic study of architecture in…

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Alaska, the Great Country

Ella Higginson

A Boy's Voyage Round the World

A Boy's Voyage Round the World

Samuel Smiles

The book is a first‑person travel narrative that began as a series of letters a young sailor kept for his…

Cover of A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 2 (of 3)

A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 2 (of 3)

Sir Henry Keppel

Cover of Travels in North America, From Modern Writers
 With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe

Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe

William Bingley

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson

Kerr, Robert; Stevenson, William

This work is a scholarly survey that combines a historical narrative of global discovery with an accompanying…

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains is a historical…

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 The Account of a Fourteen Thousand Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis

In the Track of the Trades The Account of a Fourteen Thousand Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis

Lewis R. Freeman

The book is a travelogue that chronicles a fourteen‑thousand‑mile yachting cruise through the islands of…

Cover of Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal

Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal

William Beckford

The work is a travel‑letter collection by William Beckford, published in 1835, that records his journeys…

Cover of Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1

Flagg's The Far West, 1836-1837, part 1

Edmund Flagg

Edmund Flagg’s The Far West (1838) is a travelogue that records a young journalist’s 1836‑37 journey through…

Travels through France and Italy

Travels through France and Italy

T. Smollett

The work is Tobias Smollec​k’s Travels through France and Italy, a mid‑eighteenth‑century travel narrative…

Cover of Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm

Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

This work is a travel‑ogue and ethnographic sketch by Arnold Henry Savage Landor, written after a…

The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

The Bible in Spain, Vol. 2 [of 2] Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonments of an Englishman in an Attempt to Circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula

George Borrow

The work is a first‑person travelogue by George Borrow, an English missionary who in the early nineteenth…

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter

George Wharton James

The work is a sweeping, fact‑filled guide to Lake Tahoe and its surrounding Sierran landscape, written by…

Cover of Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3

Humboldt, Alexander von; Bonpland, Aimé

The work is a scientific travelogue by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland, documenting their expedition…

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 2

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 2

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The work is a Victorian‑era travelogue that blends personal narrative with ethnographic observation of…

Cover of A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience

A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience

Harry Alverson Franck

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What I Saw in America

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton’s What I Saw in America is a travel‑essay collection that treats the United States as a…

Cover of Loafing along Death Valley trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places

Loafing along Death Valley trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places

William Caruthers

The work is a first‑person memoir that blends personal recollection with a sketch of the largely forgotten…

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Cape Cod

Henry David Thoreau

This work is Henry David Thoreau’s travel narrative of Cape Cod, a blend of personal memoir and regional…

Béarn and the Pyrenees: A legendary tour to the country of Henri Quatre

Béarn and the Pyrenees: A legendary tour to the country of Henri Quatre

Louisa Stuart Costello

Louisa Stuart Costello’s work is a sprawling travelogue that blends personal observation with a catalogue of…

Vignettes of San Francisco

Vignettes of San Francisco

Almira Morey

Almira Morey’s Vignettes of San Francisco is a lyrical travelogue that opens with a fervent declaration of…

The Land of Midian (Revisited) — Volume 2

The Land of Midian (Revisited) — Volume 2

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The work is a nineteenth‑century travel narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton, chronicling his expedition…

The art of travel: or, Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries

The art of travel: or, Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries

Francis Galton

Francis Galton’s The Art of Travel is a practical handbook born of his own 1850‑51 expedition across…