Travel & Geography
Roughing It
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published…
Sailing Alone Around The World
Read by Alan Chant
Joshua Slocum
Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boa…
The Last of the Plainsmen
Read by John W. Michaels
Zane Grey
Travel along as Mike Vendetti aka miketheauctioneer narrates an outstanding true account of a trip made in 1909 by Zane Grey and a plainsman…
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Read by Laura Caldwell
Isabella L. Bird
Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …
Travels in Alaska
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John Muir
In 1879 John Muir went to Alaska for the first time. Its stupendous living glaciers aroused his unbounded interest, for they enabled him to …
By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860
Read by Sue Anderson
Lavinia Honeyman Porter
Imagine a young, twenty-something woman in 1860, reared “in the indolent life of the ordinary Southern girl” (which means she has never lear…
The Voyage of the Beagle
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Charles Darwin
The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal…
Germania
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus
The Germania (Latin: De Origine et situ Germanorum, literally The Origin and Situation of the Germans), written by Gaius Cornelius Tacitus a…
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Following the Equator (American English title) or More Tramps Abroad (English title) is a non-fiction travelogue published by American autho…
What I Saw in America
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and wh…
The History of London
Read by Ruth Golding
Walter Besant
Walter Besant was a novelist and historian, and his topographical and historical writings, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth …
Japanese Girls and Women
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Alice Bacon
A clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate …
Two Years Before the Mast
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
While there are many books upon the subject of sea life, there are few that can compare with Two Years Before the Mast. It is the story of a…
Beasts, Men and Gods
Read by Mark F. Smith
Ferdinand Ossendowski
“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”The d…
The Yosemite
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John Muir
John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.
The Oregon Trail
Read by R. S. Steinberg
Francis Parkman, Jr.
The book is a breezy, first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkm…
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
Read by MaryAnn
John Muir
Muir was a preservationist and naturalist. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness…
おくのほそ道 (Oku no Hosomichi)
Read by kaseumin
Matsuo Bashō
Oku no Hosomichi (meaning Narrow Road to Oku [the Deep North]) is a major work by Matsuo Bashō.Oku no Hosomichi was written based on a journ…
The New Jerusalem
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of anyone involved in the production of this book, and are not the views of LibriVox.Dale A…
Woodcraft
Read by Phil Schempf
Nessmuk
George Washington Sears, who many know better by his pen name "Nessmuk", was an outdoor writer during the last half of the 19th ce…