Discovery & Exploration Books

The Old Coast Road

Agnes Rothery

The Old Coast Road is a travel book written by Agnes Pratt, a travel writer known by her pen name Agnes Rothery.To love Boston or to laugh at Boston—it all depends on whether or not you are ..

Dickens-Land

J. A. Nicklin

Dickens-Land is a travel literature written by J. A. Nicklin.The central shrine of a literary cult is at least as often its hero's home of adoption as his place of birth. To the Wordsworthian, Co..

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel

Samuel G. Bayne

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel is a travel literature written by Samuel G. Bayne, author of books like "Quicksteps Through Scandinavia, On An Irish Jaunting-Car, Etc..Excerpts:Taking my cue from th..

The Spirit of Rome

Vernon Lee

The Spirit of Rome is an account of Italian travel work written by Vernon Lee, the pseudonym of the British writer Violet Paget. She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her ..

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh

E. A. Wallis Budge

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh. The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith.In 1845–47 and again in 1849–51 Mr. (later Sir) A. H. L..

The Mariner of St. Malo - A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier

Stephen Leacock

In the town hall of the seaport of St Malo there hangs a portrait of Jacques Cartier, the great sea-captain of that place, whose name is associated for all time with the proud title of 'Discoverer of ..

Pioneers of the Old Southwest

Constance Lindsay Skinner

This narrative is founded largely on original sources—on the writings and journals of pioneers and contemporary observers, such as Doddridge and Adair, and on the public documents of the period as pri..

The Land of Midian (Revisited) — Volume 1

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The Land of Midian is a travel literature written in 2 volumes by Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, and soldier. Author's Preface:The plain unva..