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ReadFarnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 2, October 21-December 4, 1839 and De Smet's Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846
Farnham, Thomas Jefferson; Smet, Pierre-Jean de
The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century travelogue that combines two distinct but related narratives: Thomas…
ReadRambles and Studies in Greece
J. P. Mahaffy
The work is a travel‑study of Greece written by the scholar‑traveller J. P.
ReadThe Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c.
Alexander Michie
This work is a detailed travelogue that chronicles Alexander Michie’s overland expedition from Shanghai…
De vroolijke tocht
Cyriel Buysse
Dit werk is een levendige reisvertelling waarin de verteller, samen met drie dames en hun bagage, het Franse…
ReadThe Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3) translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Highways and Byways in Sussex
E. V. Lucas
The book is a travel‑guide‑in‑essay form that maps a walking tour of Sussex from west to east, beginning in…
ReadJourneys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile Including a Side Trip to the Source of the Paraguay River in the State of Matto Grosso, Brazil, and a Journey Across the Andes to the Rio Tambo in Peru
Henry Stephens
The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that chronicles an extensive itinerary through Argentina,…
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ReadLetters of an Architect, From France, Italy, and Greece. Volume 2 [of 2]
Joseph Woods
ReadTravels in the East Indian archipelago
Albert S. Bickmore
Albert S. Bickmore’s Travels in the East Indian Archipelago is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that blends…
ReadTravels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With Observations on the Manners of the Indians.
William Bartram
William Bartram’s work is a sprawling travelogue that records his journeys through the southern colonies of…
ReadThe lands of silence: A history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration
Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham
The work is a comprehensive historical survey of polar exploration, assembled by Sir Clements R.
ReadEngland, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
Joel Cook
This work is a richly illustrated travel guide that seeks to combine practical advice with a literary…
ReadPausanias' description of Greece, Volume I.
active approximately 150-175 Pausanias
Pausanias’ Description of Greece, Volume I, is a first‑hand travelogue from the Roman‑era scholar who roamed…
ReadSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
The book is Ernest Shackleton’s own account of the Imperial Trans‑Antarctic Expedition of 1914‑1917,…
ReadThrough Bosnia and the Herzegóvina on foot during the insurrection, August and September 1875
Sir Arthur Evans
Arthur J. Evans’s work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that doubles as a historical survey of Bosnia and…
ReadKorea and her neighbors A narrative of travel, with an account of the recent vicissitudes and present position of the country
Isabella L. Bird
The work is a first‑hand travel narrative by Isabella L. Bishop, a Western visitor who made four journeys to…
ReadTwenty Years of My Life
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
The work is a memoir‑style autobiography that doubles as a social history of the English literary world at…
ReadTwenty years around the world
John Guy Vassar
The work is a sprawling travelogue compiled from the letters of John Guy Vassar, a 19th‑century wanderer who…
ReadItinerarium curiosum (centuria II): or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his work
William Stukeley
The work is a posthumous compilation of William Stukeley’s scattered notes, plates, and tracts, assembled to…
ReadCuriosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set.
Thomas Dugdale
The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3),
John Ruskin
The work is John Ruskin’s second volume of The Stones of Venice, a scholarly survey of the city’s…
The Boy Travellers in The Russian Empire Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with Accounts of a Tour across Siberia, Voyages on the Amoor, Volga, and Other Rivers, a Visit to Central Asia, Travels among the Exiles, and a Historical Sketch of the Empire from Its Foundation to the Present Time
Thomas Wallace Knox
Thomas Wallace Knox’s “The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire” is a juvenile adventure narrative that…
ReadNarrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.
Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von
The work is a detailed scientific and cultural report of the Austrian frigate Novara’s three‑year world…
Roumania Past and Present
James Samuelson
James Samuelson’s work is a scholarly survey that blends contemporary description with a concise history of…