Travel Books

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah is a travel book written by Sir Richard Francis Burton, a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist..

Forests of Maine

Jacob Abbott

The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrativ..

The Journals of Lewis and Clark 1804-1806

Meriwether Lewis

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have trac..

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa Volume 2

David Livingstone

The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful S..

Through the Brazilian Wilderness

Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt's popular book Through the Brazilian Wilderness describes his expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition co-named after its leader..

The Cruise of the Snark

Jack London

The Cruise of the Snark is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyag..

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55

Emma Helen Blair

Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Po..

A Popular History of Ireland

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 1 begins with the earliest modern settl..