Subject

China -- Description and travel books

45 free books about china -- description and travel, free to read online. Chapter 1 of any book is free, no account needed.

Top authorsIsabella L. Bird Mary Gaunt Evariste Régis Huc E. G. Kemp Victor Meignan Andrews, Roy Chapman; Andrews, Yvette Borup Sir John Barrow Lindon Bates, Jr.Sir Henry Arthur Blake Gordon Casserly

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall’s “A Wayfarer in China” is a travel memoir that chronicles a single, extended…

徐霞客遊記

Hongzu Xu

The 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…

An Australian in China: Being the narrative of a quiet journey across China to Burma

George Ernest Morrison

George Ernest Morrison’s work is a first‑person travelogue that chronicles a quiet, self‑directed trek from…

Cover of Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

Sir John Barrow

Sir John Barrow’s Travels in China is a sprawling travelogue that records the author’s observations during a…

Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China

Andrews, Roy Chapman; Andrews, Yvette Borup

Camps and Trails in China is a detailed account of the 1916‑1917 Asiatic Zoological Expedition, undertaken by…

The face of China: Travels in east, north, central and western China

E. G. Kemp

The work is a travelogue that records the author’s observations of China over two distinct periods: a year in…

The attaché at Peking

Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale

The work is a series of letters by Algernon Baron Redesdale, a British diplomat who spent many years inside…

Across China on Foot

Edwin John Dingle

Cover of Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.

Robert Fortune