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Foot-prints of Travel; Or, Journeyings in Many Lands

Foot-prints of Travel; Or, Journeyings in Many Lands

Maturin M. Ballou

Foot‑prints of Travel is a compact survey of the world as seen through the eyes of 19th‑century explorer…

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The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic Regions (1594, 1595, and 1596)

Gerrit de Veer

This work is a historical narrative that recounts the third Dutch expedition to the Arctic, focusing on the…

Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia

Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia

David Wynford Carnegie

David Wynford Carnegie’s “Spinifex and Sand” is a first‑person account of five years spent prospecting,…

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Sussex, Painted by Wilfrid Ball

Hilaire Belloc

The work is a richly illustrated county study that treats Sussex as a living landscape.

Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod

Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod

Péter Vay

The work is a sprawling travel memoir that blends personal observation with a survey of the political and…

Cover of Life in the forests of the Far East (vol. 2 of 2)

Life in the forests of the Far East (vol. 2 of 2)

Sir Spenser St. John

The work is a two‑volume travelogue and natural‑history record by Sir Spenser St John, a 19th‑century British…

Letters of Travel (1892-1913)

Letters of Travel (1892-1913)

Rudyard Kipling

The volume is a collection of Rudyard Kip‑Khan’s letters written between 1892 and 1913, documenting his…

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

W. H. Davenport Adams

The work is a biographical sketch of Princess Helena Koltzoff‑Massalsky, better known as Dora d’Istria,…

Cover of The real Argentine: Notes and Impressions of a Year in the Argentine and Uruguay

The real Argentine: Notes and Impressions of a Year in the Argentine and Uruguay

J. A. Hammerton

Cover of Mysteries of the Libyan Desert: A Record of Three Years of Exploration in the Heart of That Vast & Waterless Region

Mysteries of the Libyan Desert: A Record of Three Years of Exploration in the Heart of That Vast & Waterless Region

W. J. Harding King

This work is a first‑hand record of three years’ exploration across the heart of the Libyan Desert, written…

Cover of Index of the Project Gutenberg works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Index of the Project Gutenberg works of Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

This volume is a comprehensive catalogue of Robert Louis Stevenson’s published output, assembled as a single…

Cover of Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2): or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean

Through the Dark Continent, Vol. 1 (of 2): or, The sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean

Henry M. Stanley

The work is a sprawling travel memoir by the Victorian explorer Henry M.

Cover of The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of the "Ingoldsby Legends"

The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of the "Ingoldsby Legends"

Charles G. Harper

The work is a guide to the real‑world locations that inspired the whimsical “Ingoldsby Legends” of the…

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Gatherings from Spain

Richard Ford

Richard Ford’s Gatherings from Spain offers a compact, illustrated version of his earlier Handbook of Spain,…

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Italy, the Magic Land

Lilian Whiting

Italy, the Magic Land is a lyrical travelogue that strings together the author’s fragmentary memories of…

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Wau-Bun: The "Early Day" of the North-West

Mrs. John H. Kinzie

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.

Robert Kerr

Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco

Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco

R. B. Cunninghame Graham

Mogreb‑el‑Acksa is a travelogue by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, the Scottish politician‑author who…

Cover of Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2

Travels Through North America, During the Years 1825 and 1826. v. 1-2

Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard

This work is a two‑volume travel journal penned by Bernhard, Duke of Saxe‑Weimar‑Eisenach, documenting his…

From Paris to New York by Land

From Paris to New York by Land

Harry De Windt

The work is a travelogue that chronicles a daring early‑twentieth‑century attempt to link Paris and New York…

Cover of Highways and Byways in the Border Illustrated

Highways and Byways in the Border Illustrated

Lang, Andrew; Lang, John

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

This volume presents Sir Richard Francis Burton’s personal narrative of his 1853 pilgrimage to the holy…

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Through England on a side saddle in the time of William and Mary

Celia Fiennes

This work is a travel diary that records Celia Fiennes’s journeys across England during the reign of William…

Cover of The Great White Tribe in Filipinia

The Great White Tribe in Filipinia

Paul T. Gilbert

The work is a travel‑memoir by Paul T. Gilbert, written in December 1903, that records his personal…

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