Exploration
Pathfinders of the Great Plains
Pathfinders of the Great Plains chronicles the daring expedition of the La Verendrye brothers as they embark on a quest to discover an overl…
Abandoned
Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a …
Across Asia on a Bicycle
In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 …
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…
Through Timbuctu and Across the Great Sahara
Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara: an account of an adventurous journey of exploration from Sierra Leone to the source of the Nig…
narrative of travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro
From 1848 - 1852, Alfred Russell Wallace travelled in Brazil, exploring the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers and tributaries. During these travel…
The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° nort…
The Romance of Modern Invention
This is a volume of exploration into the newest inventions of the turn of the previous century. Journalist Archibald Williams walks the read…
The Malay Archipelago
The Malay Archipelago is a pioneering exploration of Southeast Asia, penned by Alfred Russel Wallace, a contemporary of Charles Darwin and c…
Rambles in New Zealand
John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decide…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
The Great White North
Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS
Little Masterpieces of Science
"The love of adventure, the expectation of the unexpected, have ever prompted men stout of heart, and ready of resource, to brave the p…
Across the Andes
“The legion that never was listed,”The soft-lilting rhythm and song,The starlight, and shadowy tropics,The palms—and all that belong;The unk…
The Third Voyage of James Cook
Only months after his return from his mammoth Second Voyage, the Admiralty ordered Cook back to the Pacific, ostensibly to return Omai, a yo…
Lift-Luck on Southern Roads
Here for you is the tale of my latest solitary ramble. The journey covers, as you shall see, some two hundred odd miles, through five southe…
The Romance of Early Exploration
The Author has been encouraged by the reception given to The Romance of Modern Exploration to write a companion volume on the adventures of …
Seeking a Human Spaceflight Program Worthy of a Great Nation
"The [Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee] shall conduct an independent review of ongoing U.S. human space flight plans a…
A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
Having disproved the myth of Terra Australis Incognita (The unknown Southern Continent), Cook returns to New Zealand via the Friendly Island…
The Story of Geographical Discovery
From the time of the Ancients to expeditions to the North Pole, Jacobs tells the adventure story of the discovery of the different lands and…