Travel

Travels in Brazil

by Henry Koster Read by KevinS 5
A well-written and informative first-hand account of a young man's travels within Brazil during the period shortly before Brazil's independe…

Carpenter's Geographical Reader

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.5
The book tries to give its young readers a living knowledge of Europe. The author conducts tours through various parts of Europe giving a gl…

Twilight in Italy

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Peter Tucker 4.3
This is one of the author's "travel books", recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Eve…

Specimen Days

by Walt Whitman Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

The Romance of Piracy

by Edward Keble Chatterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This…

A Voice From The Main Deck

by Samuel Leech Read by Barry Eads 4.7
Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few wh…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

Zone Policeman 88

by Harry A. Franck Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Harry A. Franck was an American travel writer. After publishing Vagabond Journey Around the World, he spent 3 months in the Canal Zone of Pa…

The Story of London

by Henry B. Wheatley Read by Paul Lawley-Jones 4.5
A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…

Travels in Lancashire

by Various,William Roscoe and Various, William Roscoe Read by Phil Benson 4.7
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…

Kamakura

by Yone Noguchi Read by Phil Benson 4.9
'Kamakura is nothing if she has no history, writes Japanese novelist, poet, and essayist Yone Noguchi. At the turn of the 20th century, Kama…

Rambles Beyond Railways

by Wilkie Collins Read by Owlivia 4.8
Two travellers, the writer of this book, and an artist friend who is the companion of his ramble, explored Cornwall together, on foot in the…

The First Voyage of James Cook

by James Cook Read by David Cole 4.7
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

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…

Our Old Home

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.4
These essays, based on Hawthorne’s stay in England from 1853 to 1857 as American Consul in Liverpool, were first published in the form of a …

The Story of Geographical Discovery

by Joseph Jacobs Read by Steven Seitel 5
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…

Our New Zealand Cousins

by James Inglis Read by Beeswaxcandle 4.2
A travelogue of a trip through New Zealand in 1885 with panegyric descriptions of the scenery, elucidations of the progress the country had …

British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

by Thomas Dowler Murphy Read by Christine Blachford 4.4
In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments…

From Bangkok to Bombay

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.2
Another entry in Carpenter's geographical reader series with information on the peoples, cultures, and everyday life of this Asian area. - …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles: A Winter Voyage Through The St…

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