Travel Writing

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503

The volume is a scholarly compilation assembled under the auspices of the American Historical Association in…

Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena

J. A. Zahm

The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that chronicles the author’s expedition through the river valleys…

Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, Volume 1 (of 2): During four-and-twenty years in the east; With Revelations of Life in the Zenāna

Fanny Parkes Parlby

The work is a sprawling travel diary by Fanny Parkes Parlby, a British woman who spent twenty‑four years in…

Proceedings of the expedition to explore the northern coast of Africa, from Tripoly eastward: in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII., comprehending an account of the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica; And of the Ancient Cities Composing the Pentapolis

Beechey, Frederick William; Beechey, H. W.

The work is a nineteenth‑century scientific travelogue documenting a British expedition that set out from…

American Notes

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens’s American Notes is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that records the author’s eight‑year‑long…

The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America

James Orton

The work is a nineteenth‑century scientific travelogue that records a Smithsonian‑sponsored expedition across…

The Palace and Park Its Natural History, and Its Portrait Gallery, Together with a Description of the Pompeian Court

Phillips, Samuel; Forbes, Edward; Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon); Owen, Richard; Scharf, George; Shenton, F. K. J.

The book is a Victorian guide‑book to the Crystal Palace and its surrounding park, first published in 1859…

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast

Samuel Adams Drake

Samuel Adams Drake’s Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast is a sprawling travel‑history that sweeps the…

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22, September, 1878

Various

Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol.

People of the veil: being an account of the habits, organisation and history of the wandering Tuareg tribes which inhabit the mountains of Air or Asben in the central Sahara

Francis James Rennell Rodd Rennell of Rodd

This work is an ethnographic and geographical account of the Tuareg peoples who roam the mountains of Air…

American Adventures: A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'

Julian Street

American Adventures: A Second Trip “Abroad at Home” is Julian Street’s expansive travelogue of the Southern…

徐霞客遊記

Hongzu Xu

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The second volume of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s correspondence gathers letters written between 1851 and…

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

Sir John Mandeville

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville is a medieval travelogue that has long occupied a place in the history of…

The journal of Elizabeth Lady Holland (1791-1811) Volume 1 (of 2)

Lady Elizabeth Vassall Fox Holland

The work is a two‑volume journal of Elizabeth Vassall Fox, Lady Holland, covering the years 1791‑1811, with…

The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Henry Walter Bates

The work is a nineteenth‑century natural history travelogue by Henry Walter Bates, a veteran of an 1848–1859…

The coasts of illusion: A study of travel tales

Clark B. Firestone

The work is a scholarly survey of the legendary geography that once filled maps and travelers’ imaginations.

From Berlin to Bagdad and Babylon

J. A. Zahm

The work is a travel‑essay that blends personal observation with a survey of the ancient Near East’s…

Greek Lands and Letters

Allinson, Francis Greenleaf; Allinson, Anne C. E.

Greek Lands and Letters is a scholarly guide that pairs the geography of Greece with its literary heritage.

The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria

Archduke of Austria Ludwig Salvator

The work is a travelogue and geographical report by Archduke Ludwig Salvator, written in 1879 after a desert…

Highways and Byways in Surrey

Eric Parker

Eric Parker’s Highways and Byways in Surrey is a walking guide that doubles as a historical tour of the…

Russia

Donald Mackenzie Wallace

Travels to Tana and Persia: A narrative of Italian travels in Persia, in the 15th and 16th centuries

Barbaro, Giosofat; Contarini, Ambrogio

The volume is a scholarly collection of six first‑hand accounts by Italian envoys who travelled through…

The Danube

Walter Jerrold

Walter Jerrold’s “The Danube” is a travel‑ogue that sets out to map the scenic stretch of Europe’s great…