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My Travels, A Family Story
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Maria Hackett
This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, th…
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…
Southern Arabia
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Theodore Bent
Southern Arabia recounts a threatening four-month journey into North Eastern Ethiopia by the Bents. These brave travelers were the first to …
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson’s wit and tongue-in-cheek expressions make this record of the economy, education and politicks [sic] of remote settlements an…
The Town Traveller
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George Gissing
The town traveller is himself a British salesman, living in a lower class part of London in the Victorian era. The story depicts his interac…
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water
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Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
Subtitled "The Journal of a Tour through the British Empire and America," this book is a record of the author's travels with her h…
Canada and Newfoundland
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Frank G. Carpenter
Another entry in Carpenter's series of World Travels focusing on Canada and Newfoundland. (Summary by Betty B)
Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China Vol. 1
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George Bennett
The Work now given to the Public is the result of a series of recent excursions into the interior of the Colony of New South Wales, at inter…
American Scenery, Vol. 1
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…
The Romance of Early Exploration
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Archibald Williams
The Author has been encouraged by the reception given to The Romance of Modern Exploration to write a companion volume on the adventures of …
Gulliver's Travels (Version 2)
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Jonathan Swift
Join Gulliver in this classic story as he voyages all over the place. - Summary by Victoria Bell
Amurath to Amurath
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Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell was a renowned explorer and chronicler of the Middle East. In this book, she details a five month journey, spanning a period o…
Journeys to Bagdad
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Charles S. Brooks
In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling…
An International Episode
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Henry James
Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, mis…
Lands of the Andes and the Desert
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Frank G. Carpenter
Another volume in Carpenter's lengthy series of his travels around the world in the early 20th century.This volume covers specific countries…
Byways Around San Francisco Bay
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W. E. Hutchinson
California, the land of sunshine and roses, with its genial climate, its skies as blue as the far-famed skies of Venice, and its pure, life-…