Travel & Geography

The British Isles and the Baltic States

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Frank G. Carpenter


Another in a long series by the author focusing on the British Isles and a few chapters on Germany, Poland and other countries of the Baltic…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 03. March 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number.It includes the following articles:Dwellings of the Saga-…

The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2

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James Cook


Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was a…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 12. December 1897

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number.It includes the following articles:A Special Announc…

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

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Joseph Jacobs


This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…

Op Walcheren

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Jacobus Craandijk


Op Walcheren is een reisverslag uit de reeks 'Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood'. Er worden 3 wandelingen beschreven. Een stadsw…

Venetian Life

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William Dean Howells


William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 04. April 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, April 1898, the Klondike Number.It includes the following articles:The Nor…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 06. June 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…

Four Months in a Sneak-Box

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Nathaniel H. Bishop


The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journey to the great southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain and…

Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska

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Charles Warren Stoddard


This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

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Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

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Mark Twain


This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

American Scenery, Vol. 2

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Nathaniel Parker Willis


Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…

A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania

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Margaretta Archambault


This book was curated by the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women for tourists' use on a journey to Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 6…

White Mountain Trails

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Winthrop Packard


"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …

This Giddy Globe

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Oliver Herford


Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sid…

Een reiziger, die geen handel drijft

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Charles Dickens


Een serie journalistieke artikelen uit het tijdschrift 'All the Year round' geschreven in de periode 1860 - 1869. In deze artikelen worden v…

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