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Cover of Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet

Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet

W. H. Knight

This work is a travel diary by William Henry Knight, a British officer who set out in 1860 for the valleys of…

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Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Daniel Turner Holmes

Daniel Turner Holmes’s Literary Tours in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland is a travel‑essay collection…

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 1 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 1 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

Philip Parker King

This work is a detailed survey of Australia’s intertropical and western coastlines, compiled from the voyages…

England of My Heart : Spring

England of My Heart : Spring

Edward Hutton

The work is a lyrical travelogue that blends personal pilgrimage with a sweeping survey of England’s historic…

Cover of Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2: A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.

Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2: A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.

Ray, John; Rauwolf, Leonhard

The work is a sprawling 17th‑century compilation of travel narratives, botanical observations, and historical…

Cover of Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands With the Cape Horn route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verde.

Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands With the Cape Horn route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verde.

William Hadfield

William Hadfield’s work is a sprawling commercial and geographic survey of the South Atlantic in the…

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Dialogues in French and English

William Caxton

This work is a bilingual phrase‑book rather than a narrative, presenting a series of practical dialogues that…

Cover of Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy, Sicily, and Greece, Part Two

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy, Sicily, and Greece, Part Two

Cover of The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure

This volume presents the memoirs of Sir Samuel White Baker, a nineteenth‑century explorer whose life was…

Cover of Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Volume 3 (of 3)

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Volume 3 (of 3)

Lady Hester Stanhope

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Volume 3, continues the vivid chronicle of the English aristocrat’s…

The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative

The Gates of India: Being an Historical Narrative

Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich

The work is a scholarly travel‑history that blends geography with the study of ancient and more recent…

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Glimpses of Three Coasts

Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson’s Glimpses of Three Coasts is a sweeping geographical and economic study that opens with a…

Cover of Jinrikisha days in Japan

Jinrikisha days in Japan

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore’s Jinrikisha Days in Japan is a travel memoir that blends the author’s observations as…

Cover of Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six months of sick leave

Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six months of sick leave

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The work is a travelogue‑style narrative that blends description, anecdote, and a generous dose of humour as…

Cover of Roraima and British Guiana, With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Spanish Main

Roraima and British Guiana, With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Spanish Main

J. W. Boddam-Whetham

This work is a travelogue that traces the author’s 19th‑century itinerary from New York, across Bermuda and…

Nooks and Corners of Old England

Nooks and Corners of Old England

Allan Fea

Allan Fea’s Nooks and Corners of Old England is a leisurely travelogue that weaves together historical…

Cover of The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West

Irving, Washington; Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

The work is a first‑person narrative of the explorer‑soldier Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, presented…

Cover of Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco, performed in the years 1824-1828, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Caillié, René; Jomard, M.

René Caillié’s two‑volume account is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that records his journey across the…

Cover of Europe and elsewhere

Europe and elsewhere

Mark Twain

The work is a sweeping essay that surveys Mark Twain’s evolution from a Mississippi‑river pilot and…

Cover of The old world and its ways: describing a tour around the world and journeys through Europe

The old world and its ways: describing a tour around the world and journeys through Europe

William Jennings Bryan

The work is a detailed travelogue that chronicles a year‑long world tour undertaken by William Jennings Bryan…

Cover of The Spell of Belgium

The Spell of Belgium

Isabel Anderson

Isabel Anderson’s The Spell of Belgium is a richly layered travel‑memoir that opens with a lyrical tribute to…

Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff

Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff

Bayard Taylor

The work is a first‑person travel narrative by Bayard Taylor, a young printer‑apprentice who funds his 1844…

Cover of Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting A record of present-day whaling with up-to-date appliances in many parts of the world, and of bear and seal hunting in the Arctic regions

Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting A record of present-day whaling with up-to-date appliances in many parts of the world, and of bear and seal hunting in the Arctic regions

W. G. Burn Murdoch

The work is a detailed, first‑person account of the author’s involvement in the modern whaling and…

Cover of The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery Tourist's Edition

The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery Tourist's Edition

Samuel Adams Drake

Samuel Adams Drake’s “The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery – Tourist’s Edition” is a…

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