Travel & Geography
The Story of Geographical Discovery
Read by Steven Seitel
Joseph Jacobs
This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…
The Land of Enchantment
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Lilian Whiting
Lilian Whiting, renowned journalist and editor, takes the reader on a grand circle tour of the American West. Beginning with Colorado, Ms. W…
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Samuel Butler
Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…
Life In California
Read by David Wales
Mark Twain
This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…
Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé
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Foster Barham Zincke
Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…
Venetian Life
Read by Timothy Ferguson
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…
The Story of London
Read by Paul Lawley-Jones
Henry B. Wheatley
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…
Civilization and Climate
Read by Leon Harvey
Ellsworth Huntington
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…
White Mountain Trails
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Winthrop Packard
"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …
An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland
Read by Phil Benson
William Hutchinson
In the summer of 1773, lawyer and antiquarian William Hutchinson set out from his home in County Durham on a tour of the English Lake Distri…
Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk
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Harry Brittain
The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterw…
Florida Trails
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given us such accounts as Wild Pastures, Wood Wanderings, and White Mountain Trails now he takes …
Exeter
Read by Phil Benson
Frederick W. Heath and Sidney Heath
Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England's most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number. It includes the following articles:* California by the Hon. Ge…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number.It includes the following articles:Dwellings of the Saga-…
A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Margaretta Archambault
This book was curated by the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women for tourists' use on a journey to Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 6…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number.It includes the following articles:A Special Announc…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…
The Story of Cairo
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Stanley Lane-Poole
Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope
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Charles Lewis Meryon and Lady Hester Stanhope
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of som…