Exploration
The Travels of Ibn Batuta
Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world a…
The Journal of Lewis and Clarke
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
A Deep Water Voyage
Narrative of a fascinating long distance journey by sail that charts a deep water voyage around the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta. Stevenson…
The Hawaiian Archipelago
Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird
Westward Hoboes
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. Dixo…
The South Pole
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…
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 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…
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…
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett is the compelling autobiography of the legendary frontiersman and folk hero, David Crockett. Written…
The Book of the Ocean
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…
The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott
Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the Antarctic Pole in 1911 is part triumph, part tragedy – but also a mythic adventure story which has …
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley
"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…
A Negro Explorer at the North Pole
In this fascinating memoir, Matthew Henson describes the incredibly dangerous, exhausting, and bone-chilling trip to what was until then the…
La Salle, Discovery of The Great West
Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread t…
A Cruising Voyage Around the World
First to the South-seas, Thence to the East-Indies, and Homewards by the Cape of Good Hope. Begun in 1708, and Finish'd in 1711. Containing …
Scott's Last Expedition
Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
The Barbary pirates, sometimes called Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Ottoman and Berber pirates and privateers who operated from…
Farthest North
Farthest North chronicles the remarkable journey of Fridtjof Nansen and his crew aboard the ship Fram, as they venture into the uncharted Ar…
By Way of Cape Horn
Author Paul Eve Stevenson tells the tale of his journey around Cape Horn from New York to San Francisco in the mid-19th century aboard a tal…