Travel & Geography
The Book of the Ocean
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Ernest Ingersoll
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…
Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii
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Mark Twain
By the time Mark Twain worked as a roving reporter for the Sacramento Union, he had held positions with other newspapers in Nevada and Calif…
The Cruise of the Alerte - In Search of Treasure
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Edward Frederick Knight
The book describes a voyage undertaken in 1889 by an English barrister Edward Frederick Knight to the South Seas. This delightful story take…
Historic Waterways
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Reuben Gold Thwaites
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
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Agnes Edwards
A delightful trip from Boston through a dozen South Shore towns to Plymouth, stopping in each to explore a bit of the local history and 'mod…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 06
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895.* Geographic Progress of Civilization - Annual Ad…
In the North Woods of Maine
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Elmer Erwin Thomas
Two fifteen-year-old boys---the younger of whom may have been fourteen---decide to hunt and trap away from home in the north woods of Maine.…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 No. 3-5
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 3:The Arctic Cruise of the U.S.S. Thetis in the Summer and Autumn of 1889.The Law of Storms, co…
Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction
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Various
A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
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Roy Chapman Andrews
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for …
Under The Sky In California
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Charles Francis Saunders
This is a 1913 travelogue by a then-well-known botanist who wrote many books about the American Southwest and California in particular. This…
Carpenter's Geographical Reader: North America
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Frank G. Carpenter
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 05
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic Magazine Volume 5, articles published in 1893. Contents:Discoverers of America: Annual Address by the President, Gardine…
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series
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Lafcadio Hearn
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a collection of essays by Lafcadio Hearn detailing his first impressions of the country he found so fascinat…
The Sea and the Jungle
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Henry Major Tomlinson
Considered one of the greatest travel narratives, The Sea and the Jungle is H.M. Tomlinson's firsthand account of the first journey of an En…
History of New Brunswick
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Peter Fisher
Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah
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Beth Ellis
An English Girl's First Impressions of Burmah, by Beth Ellis, is a well-edited, turn-of-the-century journal documenting a young woman’s visi…
Travels in Lancashire
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Various,William Roscoe
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879
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John Muir
When John Muir was a student in the University of Wisconsin he was a frequent caller at the house of Dr. Ezra S. Carr. The kindness shown hi…
Bohemian San Francisco
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Clarence Edgar Edwords
While describing his dining experiences throughout "Bohemian San Francisco," Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of Calif…