Travel
Australian Miscellany
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…
The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances
Read by Sue Anderson
John Charles Van Dyke
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…
Letters from England, 1846-1849
Read by Sibella Denton
Elizabeth Davis Bancroft
Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamic years in European history. As …
A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53
Read by Annise
Ellen Clacy
"If you have visions of a middle-aged parasol-bearing lady smiling sweetly from her carriage as she tours Bendigo think again. In 1852,…
Birdseye Views of Far Lands
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
James T. Nichols
Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of maki…
Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt
Read by Sibella Denton
R. Talbot Kelly
A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary b…
Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
Francis Archibald Bruton
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…
History of New Brunswick
Read by Roger Melin
Peter Fisher
Originally published in 1825 under the title: Sketches of New Brunswick : containing an account of the first settlement of the province, wit…
Old Hampshire Vignettes
Read by David Wales
Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Lanoe Falconer is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though few, were well received. She …
In Search Of #6
Read by Damon Timm
Damon Timm
In Search of #6 is the story of the trials and trails of a man, a best friend, two bicycles, three states, four dispersed campsites, five ti…
Ten Days in the Light of Acca
Read by Nicholas James Bridgewater
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…
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car
Read by Christine Blachford
Thomas Dowler Murphy
In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments…
Diversions in Sicily
Read by R. S. Steinberg
Henry Festing Jones
Samuel Butler's biographer dedicates his urbane account of the culture and entertainments of rural Sicily to the unborn son of his guide to …
The Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543
Read by Phil Benson
John Leland
John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is m…
Geschiedenis van een neger
Read by Edith van der Have-Raats
William James Mcglothlin
Geschiedenis van een neger is een anoniem, rond 1771 verschenen boekwerk. Het is het verhaal van een hugenoot, aangeduid met de letter N., d…
Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe van de Oost-Indische reyse
Read by Anna Simon
Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe
Het "Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe" is een scheepsjournaal opgetekend door de Hoornse schipper Willem Ysbrantsz Bon…
Young Americans Abroad
Read by Sibella Denton
John Overton Choules
It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with th…