Exploration
A Book of American Explorers
This book tells the story of exploration in America in the words of the explorers themselves. It consists of extracts from narratives of the…
Peaks of Shala
This book was published in 1923. From the author's own Introduction: "I would not have this book considered too seriously. It is not an…
With Carson and Fremont
This is another book in the Trail Blazer Series. Being the adventures, in the years 1842–’43–’44, on trail over mountains and through desert…
In the Heart of Africa
A wonderfully readable condensation of two of Baker's earlier, longer works recounting his self-sponsored expeditions into the Dark Continen…
The Ascent of Mount St. Elias, Alaska
Although Mount St. Elias had been known to native Americans for thousands of years and to Europeans since 1741 when Vitus Bering saw the pea…
The Saga of the Greenlanders
The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North Americ…
Stories of North Pole Adventure
This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …
The Wild North Land
This book was published in 1910.Not only do Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun, but it seems that sometimes they venture into…
From Pole to Pole
This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…
The North West Passage -The Gjöa Expedition
Volume II of Roald Amundsen's The Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and six hearty seafarers in the tiny sloop Gjöa are the first to ma…
The Hawaiian Archipelago
Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird
The Track of the Typhoon
In 1920, William Nutting, editor of Motor Boat Magazine and an experienced sailor, commissioned his friend, legendary naval architect Willia…
Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…
In the Land of Cave and Cliff Dwellers
An adventurer and explorer of no mean repute, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka leads an expedition by mule train into the forbidding Sierra Mad…
The Mystery of Easter Island
To this day, Easter Island, with its magnificent stone structures, remains an enigma. Katherine Routledge was part of an exhaustive archaeol…
My Life at Sea
The author began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect speci…
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and his team embarked on a bold expedition to traverse the Australian continent from south to north, aiming to …
Explorers and Travellers
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but…
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology
Manual of Egyptian Archaeology by Gaston Maspero serves as a comprehensive guide to the rich history and artifacts of ancient Egypt. Origina…
The Romance of Polar Exploration
While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been told again and again, the constant renewal of expedition…