Discovery & Exploration Books

La Argentina

Martín del Barco Centenera

La Argentina, is a Spanish poetry collection written by Arcidiano D. Martin del Barco Centenera...

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer a..

History of the State of California

John Frost

History of the State of California from the Period of the Conquest by Spain to Her Occupation by the United States of America.The occupation of California by the people of the United States, and the d..

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three

Thomas Frognall Dibdin

A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three is a travel book written by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, an English bibliographer, born in Calcutta to Thomas Di..

Bowdoin Boys in Labrador

Jonathan Prince Cilley

Bowdoin Boys in Labrador, An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department...

Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 1

Jules Verne

The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated travels and travellers" tells the story of geographical discovery in t..

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1

Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 is a travel work written by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, who was an officer of the British army active in Upper Canada.Very surprising it see..

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

Samuel Butler

The writer of the following pages, having resolved on emigrating to New Zealand, took his passage in the ill-fated ship Burmah, which never reached her destination, and is believed to have perished wi..