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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…

The North West Passage -The Gjöa Expedition 1903-1907 (Volume I)

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Roald Amundsen


Roald Amundsen and six hearty seafarers tackle the North West Passage in search of the elusive wandering magnetic North Pole. (Summary by St…

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…

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…

Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

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Austen Layard


Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…

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…

Korea and Her Neighbors

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Isabella L. Bird


In this book, Isabella L. Bird, who had been elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society only 2 years prior, describes her travels th…

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…

Travel Collection: Short Non-fiction

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A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…

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…

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 …

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.…

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…

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…

Ten Days in the Light of Acca

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Julia M. Grundy


This work is the story of a pilgrimage made over a hundred years ago by a group of American pilgrims. They were not headed for Canterbury, R…

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…

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…

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…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 03

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National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…

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…

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