Travel & Geography
In the Oregon Country
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George Palmer Putnam
This little book does not undertake to present a comprehensive account of our westernmost States, or even of the Oregon Country. It is inten…
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…
Scottish Reminiscences
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Archibald Geikie
Archibald Geikie was a geologist in Scotland by profession, and a writer. While most of his writings were professional, this is a more perso…
Japan and Korea
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Frank G. Carpenter
Another fascinating volume in the author’s quest to travel the world. This time we are taken to Japan and Korea for an in-depth look at thei…
One Hundred Years In Yosemite
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Carl Parcher Russell
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its disc…
Tours in the South Coast District
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Queensland Railways
An early booklet, designed to encourage tourism in the northern parts of New South Wales, and the southern parts of Queensland, particularly…
Around the World with the Children
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Frank G. Carpenter
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…
All About Coffee
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William Ukers
Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…
My Travels
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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…
Travels in Brazil
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Henry Koster
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…
Idylls Of The Sea
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Frank Thomas Bullen
In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquainta…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the April Number. It includes the following articles:* Serilan, by W J McGee and W…
Letters From America
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Rupert Brooke
"[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at…
The Falcon on the Baltic
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Edward Frederick Knight
A coasting voyage boyage in a small yacht from Hammersmith in the UK to Copenhagen and back, including various visits to places on the Balti…
The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk
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George Christopher Davies
The Broads are Britain's largest protected wetland and are home to a wealth of wildlife, especially fish and birdlife. They comprise a netwo…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the…
The National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles:* Venezuela: Her Governmen…
The Frozen North
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Richard Mayde
It is in this world that Mayde has created his fascinating The Frozen North: "Great as are the barren grounds, or tundri, as they are c…
Glimpses of Italian society
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Hester Lynch Piozzi
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…