Exploration
How It Flies
In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained t…
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…
A Gringo In Mañana-Land
Foster was a World War I veteran, world wanderer, journalist, embassy attaché, stoker on ships, miner, stowaway, bandit’s prisoner in…
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 …
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…
Mariner of St. Malo
Mariner of St. Malo chronicles the remarkable journey of Jacques Cartier, a sailor turned explorer, who set sail in 1534 under the commissio…
A Woman's Journey Round the World
Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated i…
The Australian Explorers
"The Story of the Exploration of Australia is one which we cannot willingly let die. There are many reasons for keeping alive the remem…
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 Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…
"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…
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…
Carpenter's Geographical Reader
The purpose of this book is to give to its readers a living knowledge of some of the wonders of the country and continent in which they live…
The First Voyage of James Cook
Following his discovery and circumnavigation of New Zealand recorded in Volume 1, Cook sailed westwards to Australia, whose east coast was a…
Trailmakers of the Northwest
Published in 1921, this book recounts the exploration of the Canadian Northwest and the history of the region's fur trade. Drawing heavily o…
With Sack and Stock in Alaska
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …
The National Geographic Magazine
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol XII, January 1901.It includes the following articles:The Influence Of Submarin…
Titan Of Chasms
This is a 1906 collection of three essays by men famously associated with The Grand Canyon: Charles A. Higgins, John Wesley Powell, and Cha…
The Great White North
Sketches of those who braved the 'Great White North' in exploration and adventure. - Summary by KevinS
Travels in the Interior of Africa
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after M…
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 …