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AUTHOR | TITLE | PERIOD | NOTES |
Jacob ABBOTT (1803-1879) | Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont | ||
Roald AMUNDSEN | The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram' | 1910-1912 | |
C. C. (Christopher Columbus) ANDREWS (1829-1922) | Minnesota and Dacotah | 1856 | Letters descriptive of a tour through the northwest in the autumn of 1856 |
Roy Chapman ANDREWS and Yvette Borup ANDREWS | Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China | ||
Henry Walter BATES (1825-1892) | The Naturalist on the River Amazons | 1848 | Narrative of his Brazil expedition with A.R. Wallace who was later famous for evolution theory. |
Thomas BELT (1832-1878) | The Naturalist in Nicaragua | ||
John BENWELL | An Englishman's Travels in America: His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States | ||
Richard Boyle BERNARD | A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium | ||
Matilda BETHAM-EDWARDS (1836-1919) | In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" | ||
Walter BIGGES (?-1586) | Drake's Great Armada | ||
Hiram BINGHAM (1875-1956) | Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru | ||
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) |
Among the Tibetans | ||
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) | The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither | 1879-1880 | |
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) | The Hawaiian Archipelago | ||
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) | A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains | ||
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) | Unbeaten Tracks in Japan | "Scottish lady in Wellington boots, first female member of the RGS (Royal Geographical Society), narrates her journey in an exotic land in 1878 when foreigners were rare"--Jim Henderson | |
Isabella Lucy BIRD (1831-1904) | The Englishwoman in America | ||
Julius C BIRGE (1837-1902) | The Awakening of the Desert | 1866-67 | Birge was the first European born in Wisconsin, USA. In 1866 he took part in a wagon train to to the Pacific Coast. |
Nathaniel Holmes BISHOP (1837-1902) | Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico | 1874-1875 | |
Nathaniel Holmes BISHOP (1837-1902) | Four Months in a Sneak-Box | Boat voyage of 2600 miles down the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers, and along the Gulf of Mexico. |
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William BLIGH | A Voyage to the South Sea...for the Purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies...in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty | ||
Annie Allnut BRASSEY | A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months | ||
Noah BROOKS (1830-1903) | First Across the Continent--The Story of the Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark | 1804-1806 | |
William Cullen BRYANT (1794-1878) | Letters of a Traveller: Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America | ||
John Lewis BURCKHARDT (1784-1817) | Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred | 1814 | |
John Lewis BURCKHARDT (1784-1817) | Travels in Syria and the Holy Land | ||
John BUFFA | Travels through the Empire of Morocco | 1806 | |
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890) | First Footsteps in East Africa; or an Exploration of Harar | ||
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890) | Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890) | To the Coast for Gold Vol. 1 | ||
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890) | The Land of Midian Volume 1 Volume 2 | 1877-1878 | |
Sir Richard Francis BURTON (1821-1890) | Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
W F BUTLER | The Great Lone Land: A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America | ||
Julius CAESAR (100 BC-44 BC) | "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries | ||
Samuel de CHAMPLAIN (1567-1635) | Voyages of Samuel de Champlain--Vol. 1--Vol. 2--Vol. 3 | ||
Apsley CHERRY-GARRARD (1886-1959) | The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic 1910-1913 | 1910-1913 | This volume is a narrative of Scott's Last Expedition from
its departure from England in 1910 to its return to New Zealand in 1913.
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Ellen CLACY | A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia | 1852-1853 | |
Henry John COKE (1827-1916) | Tracks of a Rolling Stone | ||
James COOK | A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume I Volume II | ||
Alexander CORREARD and J B Henry SAVIGNY |
Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 (Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa) | 1816 | Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa...to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. |
Stephen CRISP (1628-1692) | A Short History of a Long Travel from Babylon to Bethel | ||
Newton H. (Newton Henry) CRITTENDEN (1840-1925) | Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia | ||
Richard Henry DANA | Two Years Before the Mast | ||
Charles DARWIN | The Voyage of the Beagle | ||
Lady Lucie DUFF GORDON (1821-1869) | Letters from the Cape | 1861 | In 1861, Lady Duff Gordon, a wealthy Englishwoman, sailed
to the Cape in an attempt to regain her health. This book contains her letters
home. A vivid picture of the people of the Cape shines through her gossipy
letters. Slavery had recently been abolished and Lady Duff often comes across
poignant examples of the tragic legacy it had left. In wanting to experience
the full culture of the Cape Lady Duff leads the reader through many events
that to her middle-class European eyes were wonders from another world.
There is her observation of a Muslim funeral, her deliberate socialising
with Muslims (who were wildly held to be poisoning the Christians), the
visit to the missionary-school. All are seen through her sharp eyes and
social charm. Whilst not a typical travel book (there's little description
of the land itself) the book brings to life a bygone time and the people
of that age. --David Price
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Lord DUFFERIN (1826-1902) | Letters from High Latitudes | 1856 | Being an account of a voyage of the schooner yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen, by the Marquess of Dufferin, sometime Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada and afterwards Viceroy of India. |
George Bethune ENGLISH | A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar | 1820 | Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, by an American in the Service of the Viceroy. |
FA-HSIEN, ca. 337-ca. 422 | A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms | An account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline. | |
Henry FIELDING (1707-1754) | Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon | 1754 | |
Gabriel FRANCHERE (1786-1863) | Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, or the First American Settlement on the Pacific | 1811-1814 | |
Harry Alverson FRANCK (1881-1962) | Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras --Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond | ||
Sir John FRANKLIN | The Journey to the Polar Sea | ||
Brevet Col. J.C. FREMONT (1813-1890) |
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California, To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources | ||
Major W. E. FRYE | After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel | 1815-1819 | |
Francis GALTON (1822-1911) | The Art of Travel: Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries | ||
GLANVILLE, Ernest (1855-1925) | In Search of the Okapi: A Story of Adventure in Central Africa | ||
William GRIFFITH | Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries | ||
Richard HAKLUYT (1552?-1616) | The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. | Collected by Richard Hakluyt, Preacher and Edited by Edmund Goldsmidt, F.R.H.S. See below for full details and links to the volumes making up this collection. | |
Richard HAKLUYT (1552?-1616) | Voyager's Tales, from the Collections of Richard Hakluyt | ||
Richard HAKLUYT (1552?-1616) | Voyages in Search of the North-west Passage | ||
Richard HAKLUYT (1552?-1616) | The Discovery of Muscovy, etc. (Russia) | ||
Edward HAYES (fl. 1580) | Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland | ||
Archibald HENDERSON (1877-1963) | The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 | ||
HERODOTUS | An Account of Egypt (Translated by G. C. Macaulay) | ||
Paul HENTZNER (1558-1623) and Sir Robert NAUNTON (1563-1635) | Travels in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and Fragmenta regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth, her times and favourites | 1600 | |
Robert Smythe HICHENS (1864-1950) | The Spell of Egypt | ||
James HOLMAN (1786-1857) | A Voyage Round the World--Volume I | 1827-1832 | Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc. |
J D HOOKER (1817-1911) | Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist | 1847-1851 | In Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains,
etc.
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Mina Benson HUBBARD (1872-1903) | Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador | c. 1903 | |
W H HUDSON (1841-1922) | Idle Days in Patagonia | ||
Robert HUISH (1777-1850) | Lander's Travels. The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa | ||
Alexander von HUMBOLDT | Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 | 1799-1804 | |
Washington IRVING (1783-1859) | The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) | ||
Samuel JOHNSON (1709-1784) |
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | 1773 | |
KENNAN, George, (1845-1924) | Tent Life in Siberia | ||
Robert KERR | A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels | See below for full details and links to the 18 volumes making up this collection. | |
Mary H KINGSLEY (1862-1900) | Travels in West Africa (Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons) | ||
Rudyard KIPLING (1865-1936) | Letters of Travel | 1892-1913 | |
Andrew KIPPIS (1725-1795) | Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods | ||
William Henry KNIGHT | Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet | 1860 | |
KNOX, Thomas Wallace |
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life | 1871 | |
KOHLMEISTER, Benjamin (1785?-1874) | Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh, Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in that Unknown Region | ||
John LAWSON (-1712) | A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. | ||
Meriwether LEWIS (1774-1809) and William CLARK (1770-1838) | The Journals of Lewis and Clark | 1804-1806 | In the USA. |
David LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873) | Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | ||
David LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873) | A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa | 1858-1864 | |
Jeronimo LOBO (1596-1678) | A Voyage to Abyssinia | ||
Jack LONDON | The Cruise of the Snark | ||
Carl LUMHOLTZ (1851-1922) | Through Central Borneo | 1913-1917 | An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 |
John MacGREGOR (1825-1892) | A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe from Eldritch Press | ||
Sir John MANDEVILLE (1300-1399?) | The Travels of Sir John Mandeville | ||
Sir Douglas MAWSON | The Home of the Blizzard | ||
Karl Philipp MORITZ (1757-1793) | Travels in England in 1782 | 1782 | |
Joseph Ernest MORRIS | Beautiful Europe: Belgium | ||
G E ("Chinese") MORRISON | An Australian in China | ||
John MUIR (1838-1914) | Steep Trails | ||
John MUIR (1838-1914) | Travels in Alaska | ||
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MUNK (1847-1927) | Arizona Sketches | ||
Philip NICHOLS | Sir Francis Drake Revived | ||
Frederick O'BRIEN (1869-1932) | White Shadows in the South Seas | ||
Frederick O'BRIEN (1869-1932) |
Mystic Isles of the South Seas | ||
Mungo PARK (1771-1806) |
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 | 1805 | |
Mungo PARK (1771-1806) | Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa | ||
Mungo PARK (1771-1806) | Travels in the Interior of Africa Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
Francis PARKMAN (1823-1893) | The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life | ||
J. H. (John Henry) PATTERSON (1867-1947) | The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures | ||
Ida PFEIFFER (1797-1858) |
A Visit to Iceland | ||
Ida PFEIFFER (1797-1858) | A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy | ||
Ida PFEIFFER (1797-1858) | A Woman's Journey Round the World | ||
John PINKERTON | Early Australian Voyages | ||
Marco POLO | The Travels of Marco Polo Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
Francis PRETTY | Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the World | ||
William PRIEST | Travels in the United States of America, with the Author's Journals of his Two Voyages Across the Atlantic. | 1793-1797 | |
Sir Walter RALEIGH (1554-1618) | The Discovery of Guiana | c.1600 | |
G. Whitfield RAY | Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America | ||
James RICHARDSON (1806-1851) | Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 | ||
James RICHARDSON (1806-1851) | Travels in Morocco Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
Theodore ROOSEVELT | Through the Brazilian Wilderness | ||
Sir Ernest SCOTT | Laperouse | ||
Ernest Thompson SETON (1860-1946) | The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake | ||
Ernest SHACKLETON | South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 | ||
Tobias George SMOLLETT (1721-1771) | Travels through France and Italy | ||
John Hanning SPEKE (1827-1864) | The Discovery of the Source of the Nile | ||
John Hanning SPEKE (1827-1864) | What led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile | ||
Henry Morton STANLEY (1841-1904) | How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone | ||
Thomas STEVENS | Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I. From San Francisco to Teheran | ||
Thomas STEVENS | Around the World on a Bicycle Volume II. From Teheran To Yokohama | ||
Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-1894) | Essays of Travel | ||
Robert Louis STEVENSON (1850-1894) | Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes | ||
Martha SUMMERHAYES | Vanished Arizona | ||
Watkin TENCH (1759-1833) | A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay | ||
William Makepeace THACKERAY (1811-1863) | From Cornhill to Grand Cairo | 1844 | |
Henry David THOREAU (1817-1862) | A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers | ||
Anthony TROLLOPE (1815-1882) | North America Volume 1 Volume 2 | 1861 | |
Fanny (Frances) TROLLOPE (1779-1863) | Domestic Manners of the Americans | ||
Charles TURLEY | The Voyages of Captain Scott | ||
Mark TWAIN (1835-1910) | Life on the Mississippi | ||
Mark TWAIN (1835-1910) | Following the Equator | ||
Cabeza de VACA | Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (1542)--available from Eldritch Press | 1542 | |
H. Wilfrid WALKER | Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines | Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Based on his private
letters, assembled and edited without the slightest pretence of being "scientific". --Jim Henderson
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Alfred Russel WALLACE (1823-1913) | The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature Volume 1 Volume 2 | ||
WARD, John |
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia | 1920 | |
Charles Dudley WARNER (1829-1900) | Baddeck, and That Sort of Thing | Two comrades and travelers, who sought a better country than the United States in the month of August, found themselves one evening in apparent possession of the ancient town of Boston | |
Charles Dudley WARNER (1829-1900) | In the Wilderness | Contents: How I killed a bear--Lost in the woods--A fight with a trout--A-hunting of the deer--A character study (Old Phelps)--Camping out--A wilderness romance--What some people call pleasure. | |
Charles Dudley WARNER (1829-1900) | On Horseback | Some of the Etext Editor's favorite passages: Anxious to reach it, we were glad to leave it Establishment had the air of taking care of itself It is not much use to try to run a jail without liquor Married? No, she hoped not Monument of procrastination Not much inclination to change his clothes or his cabin One has to dodge this sort of question What a price to pay for mere life! --David Widger |
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Charles WATERTON (1782-1865) | Wanderings in South America | 1812-1824 | |
E. W. (Edward William) WATKIN (1819-1901) | Canada and the States | ||
Edith WHARTON | In Morocco | ||
Stewart Edward WHITE (1873-1946) | The Land of Footprints | c. 1913 | Set in Africa. |
Mary WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) | Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark | 1785 | Letters written by the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. |
XENOPHON (431 BC-350? BC) | Anabasis | A Greek army's trip into Persia and back. |