Search Results
Preface
Read by Garth Burton
J. B. Dashwood
In The Thames to the Solent by Canal and Sea
An attempt to sail a small boat from the River Thames to the Solent in the English Channel, using a canal and river route. (Summary by Garth…
Geographic Literature
Read by BettyB
National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 04. April 1898
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, April 1898, the Klondike Number.It includes the following articles:The Nor…
Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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…
CHAPTER I Introduction
Read by Tim Rowe
William T. Palmer
In The English Lakes
An exhaustive and illustrative book explaining the locations as well as descriptions of the lakes of England. Almost like reading a journey,…
Preface
Read by MaryAnn
Frank G. Carpenter
In Carpenter's Geographical Reader: South America
In this book the children are taken by the author upon a personally conducted tour through the most characteristic parts of the South Americ…
Chapter I. Jan Huygen van Linschoten. Part II
Read by Jane Bennett
Hendrik Van Loon
In The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators
This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The…
The Relations of Geography to History
Read by kgon
Francis Wayland Parker and National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 05
National Geographic Magazine Volume 5, articles published in 1893. Contents:Discoverers of America: Annual Address by the President, Gardine…
Chapter 2
Read by Holly
Edmund Plauchut
In China and the Chinese
Edmund Plauchut spent many years in China and gives an account of his observations of the places, people, and culture as he experienced them…
00 Preface
Read by Steven Seitel
Joseph Smeaton Chase
In California Desert Trails
"I fell an easy prey to the beckonings of the other principal feature of California's topography, the dreamy, dreary desert. Long ago, …
Preface
Read by David Wales
James O. Brayman
In Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea
There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of t…
Chapter 22 Part II
Read by Jonathan Miller
Wallis Nash
In Two Years in Oregon
Wallis Nash was a British lawyer who visited Oregon and later emigrated with his family. His account covers a great breadth of description …
Preface
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
In Around the World with the Children
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Jules Verne
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated trave…
Preface
Read by BettyB
Frank G. Carpenter
In Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Europe
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…
A Traveler in Time
Read by Dan Gurzynski
August Derleth
In Short Science Fiction Collection 058
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Geographic Notes
Read by BettyB
National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 09. September 1896
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number. It includes the following articles:* The Recent Earthquake W…
Geographic Notes
Read by BettyB
National Geographic Society
In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 08. August 1896
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the August Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the National G…
Chapters 15-19
Read by Phil Benson
John Edward Marr
In North Lancashire
Cambridge County Geographies was a 75 volume series covering the counties of England, Scotland and Wales. Separate volumes were produced for…
Chapter XIX. Gwalior and Rajputana, Part 1
Read by allegro200Hz
Ethel Gwendoline Vincent
In Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water
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…
Travel Pictures: Preface
Read by April6090
I. L. Peretz
In Stories and Pictures
A collection of short stories written originally in Yiddish and later translated into English. These stories were published under censorship…