Travel Writing

Holland, v. 1 (of 2)

Edmondo De Amicis

The work is a sweeping geographical and historical study of the Netherlands, presented as a single‑volume…

Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method

Wm. Audley Maxwell

Crossing the Plains, Days of ’57 is a first‑person narrative of an 1857 overland emigrant party that travels…

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863

Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

Arthur James Lyon Fremantle’s Three Months in the Southern States, April‑June 1863, is a first‑hand travel…

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

Mary Seacole

The work is an autobiographical travel narrative by Mary Seacole, a Jamaican‑born Creole woman of mixed…

Rollo in Scotland

Jacob Abbott

The work is a juvenile travel narrative that blends a lively description of a steamer journey with a gentle…

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes

Strabo

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 presents the final third of the ancient Greek geographer’s monumental work,…

An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians

Edward William Lane

Edward William Lane’s work is a meticulous ethnographic account of Egyptian life as observed between 1833 and…

A Tramp Abroad

Mark Twain

The book is a comic travel narrative that follows an American adventurer who decides, in March 1878, to trek…

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III

John Addington Symonds

The work is a three‑volume travelogue that brings together John Addington Symonds’s earlier essays, “Sketches…

Farthest North, Vol. II Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen’s Farthest North, Vol. II records the planning and execution of the 1893‑96 Fram expedition,…

The South of France—East Half

C. B. Black

The South of France, East Half is a practical travel guide compiled by Charles Bertram Black, a seasoned…

In and Around Berlin

Minerva Brace Norton

The work is a first‑person travel narrative that chronicles an American family’s initial months in Berlin at…

A Negro Explorer at the North Pole

Matthew Alexander Henson

The work is a first‑person memoir by Matthew A. Henson, the African‑American aide who accompanied Robert E.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, December 1878

Various

The December 1878 issue of Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science presents a sprawling…

Rollo in Switzerland

Jacob Abbott

The work is a juvenile travel narrative that blends a practical guide to nineteenth‑century European…

Rollo in Geneva

Jacob Abbott

The work is a travel‑oriented description of Geneva, written by Jacob Abbott, whose subject heading places…

A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania

This guide is a systematic catalogue of Pennsylvania’s artistic, architectural, and historic attractions,…

The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

The Voyage of the Beagle is Charles Darwin’s first‑hand account of the five‑year scientific expedition that…

Rollo in Rome

Jacob Abbott

Rollo in Rome is a juvenile adventure that follows a young boy and his uncle George as they prepare for a…

Travels in the footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis

Sir R. Lambert (Robert Lambert) Playfair

Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume II.

active approximately 150-175 Pausanias

Pausanias’ Description of Greece, Volume II, is a first‑person guide to the ancient world written by the…

Farthest North, Vol. I Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

Fridtjof Nansen

The work is a first‑person record of Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893‑96 Fram expedition, presented as a scientific and…

Rollo on the Rhine

Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott’s Rollo on the Rhine is a juvenile travel narrative that begins with a sweeping geographic…