Travel & Geography
America of the Fifties: Letters of Fredrika Bremer
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Fredrika Bremer
When Fredrika Bremer arrived in New York from Sweden in October 1849, she was already famous throughout America for her novels and for her r…
An Englishwoman in the Philippines
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Enid Dauncey
Enid Gambier Dauncey was a travel writer who, with her businessman husband, lived in a provincial city in the Philippines for nine months fr…
Wreck of the "London."
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Unknown
Maritime life in the nineteenth century was as perilous as it was necessary. Whether voyages were military, exploratory or mercantile, or f…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 07. July 1898
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, July 1898, the N.E.A. Number.It includes the following articles:American G…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 06. June 1899
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, June 1899.It includes the following articles:National Growth and National C…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 05. May 1899
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, May 1899.It includes the following articles:The Redwood Forest of the Pacif…
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
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Anthony Trollope
In The West Indies and the Spanish Main, Anthony Trollope recounts his experiences traveling around the area of what is now known as the Car…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 11. November 1897
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the November Number.It includes the following articles:Patagonia, by J. …
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 11. November 1898
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, November 1898.It includes the following articles:Sumatra's West Coast, by …
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 04. April 1899
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, April 1899.It includes the following articles:The Sources of the Saskatchew…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol II
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Charles Lewis Meryon and Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversation with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some…
With Porter in the Essex
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James Otis
The marvelous cruise of the U.S.S. Essex, the United States frigate of thirty-two guns, commanded by Captain David Porter. A story of his f…
Java and the East Indies
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Frank G. Carpenter
Another installment in Carpenter's travels of the world. This time we visit Java, the East Indies, Sumatra, Borneo, The Moluccas, New Guinea…
A London Mosaic
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Walter Lionel George
An idiosyncratic view of various aspects of London, England, published in 1921. Walter Lionel George (1882 – 1926) was an English writer, c…
Things Seen in Spain
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Catherine Gasquoine Hartley
Written in 1912, Hartley’s account of her travels in Spain discusses the fascinating country and its people. She dedicates a section to each…
War Impressions: Being a Record in Colour
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Mortimer Menpes
A personal account of the second Boer War by Australian expatriate artist Mortimer Menpes. Menpes travelled to South Africa as a corresponde…
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yoru…
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Robert Campbell
Robert Campbell (1829-84) was a Jamaican-born printer, journalist, and teacher who, along with Martin Robison Delany (1812-85), made up the …
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 10. October 1898
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, October 1898.It includes the following articles:Lake Chelan, by Henky Gann…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 12. December 1898
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, December 1898.It includes the following articles:The Five Civilized Tribes…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 10 - 03. March 1899
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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, March 1899.It includes the following articles:The Original Territory of the…