Exploration
Michigan Historical Collections
The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early developmen…
American Trail
The American Trail was originally broadcast in 1953 as a 13 part serial. This series chronicles American history, including the exploration …
Stories of South Pole Adventure
The famous search for the North-West Passage led many daring pioneers to penetrate into the unknown and to brave the dread perils of the Arc…
In the Andamans and Nicobars
A glimpse of the indigenous people, rich flora and fauna and the beauty of the islands as recorded by a zoologist, which are fast depleting …
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number.It includes the following articles:The Enchanted Mesa, by F. W.…
Primer viaje en torno del globo
Obra escrita por Antonio Pigafetta, cronista cuyas notas y testimonio han servido para dar a conocer la que fue la primera circunnavegaci&oa…
A Rival of the Yosemite
This article, a walking tour of the Cañon including many charcoal illustrations, was published in the Century Illlustrated Monthly Ma…
Reise durch den Stillen Ozean
Max Buchner war ein deutscher Arzt, Ethnograph und Forschungsreisender. Im Jahr 1875 brach er zu einer Weltreise auf, die er als Schiffsarzt…
Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures
Gertrude Bell traveled extensively in the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, studying the archaeology and ant…
Pilgrimage to India
Ven Ajahn Bram led a group of Aussie pilgrims to India to visit the sacred places that are important locations in Buddhas life. This trip wa…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number.It includes the following articles:Modification of the Great …
The American Egypt
Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen…
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol X, August 1899.It includes the following articles:Shishaldin as a Field for Ex…
Descubrimiento del río de las Amazonas
Casi cincuenta años después del descubrimiento del Nuevo Mundo, una avanzada del imperio de Carlos V viaja hacia el este desde…
Naufragios
"...de cuantas armadas a aquellas tierras han ido ninguna se viese en tan grandes peligros ni tuviese tan miserable y desastrado fin, n…
The Northward Course of Empire
The Northward Course of Empire was written to promote the idea of a new wave of civil expansion into the Arctic Circle, a region generally c…
Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…
Auf Schneeschuhen durch Grönland
Eine Beschreibung des Autors von einer Expedition die Grönland von der Ost - zur Westküste durchquert, Teil 1.Zusammenfassung von …
A Description of New England
Captain John Smith (c. January 1580 – June 21, 1631) Admiral of New England was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted fo…
196 Tage auf treibender Eisscholle
Am 29. Juni 1871 stach das Schiff » Polaris« von New York unter Kapitän Franz C. Hall in See zur Erforschung des Hochnorden…