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Read西湖夢尋
Dai Zhang
ReadNasby in Exile or, Six Months of Travel in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, with many things not of travel
David Ross Locke
Nasby in Exile is a travelogue‑turned‑series of sketches that records six months of a joint American tour…
ReadA Glimpse at Guatemala And Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America
Maudslay, Anne Cary; Maudslay, Alfred Percival
The book is a travel‑and‑archaeology memoir by Anne Cary Maudslay and her husband Alfred Percival,…
ReadThe Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
Wallace Bruce
The work is a nineteenth‑century guidebook that treats the Hudson River as a living chronicle of three…
ReadAllen's West London Street Directory, 1868
Samuel Allen
Allen’s West London Street Directory, 1868, is a Victorian‑era reference work that catalogues the commercial…
ReadA Tour Through the Pyrenees
Hippolyte Taine
ReadDrake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester
Drake, James, active 1825
The work is a practical guide to travelling the Grand Junction Railway, the line that links Birmingham with…
A Wanderer in Paris
E. V. Lucas
ReadBoswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica
James Boswell
This volume brings together two distinct yet complementary pieces by the 18th‑century Scottish writer James…
ReadAt Home and Abroad; Or, Things and Thoughts in America and Europe
Margaret Fuller
The work is a hybrid travelogue and reflective essay by Margaret Fuller, an American writer who spent twelve…
Venetian Life
William Dean Howells
The work is a travel‑essay that doubles as a cultural commentary on Venice in the late nineteenth century.
ReadSociety in America, Volume 1 (of 2)
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau’s Society in America is a travel‑memoir that doubles as a sociological survey of the United…
ReadThe Ancient Cities of the New World Being Travels and Explorations in Mexico and Central America From 1857-1882
Désiré Charnay
The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue and scholarly treatise by French explorer Désiré Charnay, written…
The Luck of Thirteen: Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia
Gordon, Jan; Gordon, Cora
The Luck of Thirteen is a first‑hand travel memoir set against the backdrop of World War I, written by Jan…
ReadItalian Alps Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, the Trentino, and Venetia
Douglas William Freshfield
Douglas William Freshfield’s work is a meticulous travelogue of the Italian Alps, presented as a series of…
ReadTravels in Tartary, Thibet, and China during the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1
Evariste Régis Huc
This work is a travelogue and missionary report by the French Lazarist priests Évariste Régis Huc and his…
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 2)
Frances Milton Trollope
ReadSome Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate
C. A. W. Monckton
The work is a first‑person memoir by Charles Arthur Whitmore Monckton, a British resident magistrate who…
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.
Alison, Archibald, Sir; Tytler, Patrick Fraser
The work is a two‑volume travel memoir that records Sir Archibald Alison’s and Patrick Fraser Tytler’s…
ReadAn account of the empire of Marocco, and the districts of Suse and Tafilelt; compiled from miscellaneous observations made during a long residence in, and various journies through, these countries. To which is added an account of shipwrecks on the western coast of Africa, and an interesting account of Timbuctoo, the great emporium of Central Africa
James Grey Jackson
This work is a detailed, first‑hand survey of the Moroccan Empire and its hinterlands, drawn from the…
ReadA climber in New Zealand
Malcolm Ross
This work is a nonfiction travelogue that blends personal mountaineering memoir with a survey of New…
ReadGalicia, the Switzerland of Spain
Annette M. B. Meakin
ReadTravels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860
Henri Mouhot
This volume is a posthumous compilation of Henri Mouhot’s private letters, journal entries, and assorted…
ReadReminiscences of the South Seas
John La Farge
John La Farge’s “Reminiscences of the South Seas” is a travel memoir that blends a continuous narrative with…