Travel & Geography
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-…
The Stones of Venice, Volume 2
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John Ruskin
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from …
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
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Edward Whymper
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
Letters from Egypt
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Lucie Duff-Gordon
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters …
American Notes for General Circulation
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Charles Dickens
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…
Wild Wales
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George Borrow
Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery is a travel book by the English Victorian gentleman writer George Borrow (1803–1881), first pub…
The Innocents Abroad (version 2)
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Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens' (Mark Twain) journey to Europe and the Holy Land in 1866. Reportedly his best selling book.
Our Journey to Sinai
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Agnes Von Blomberg Bensly
Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Ju…
The Amateur Emigrant
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Robert Louis Stevenson
In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland,…
Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt
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James Baikie
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascina…
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp
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William Henry Davies
The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp is an autobiography published in 1908 by the Welsh poet and writer W. H. Davies (1871–1940). A large part…
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer
Ida Pfeiffer travelled alone in an era when women didn't travel. She went first on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, then went on to Egypt and …
Tenting To-Night; A Chronicle Of Sport And Adventure In Glacier Park And The Ca…
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
This is the second of two travelogues published by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Both deal with Glacier National Park, and this book a…
The Western United States
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Harold W. Fairbanks
"In preparation of this book the author has had in mind the needs of the upper grammar grades. The subject matter has not been selected…
First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier, 1870
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Hazard Stevens
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …
A Soldier Of The Legion;An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Alg…
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George Manington
An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as…
Highways and Byways in Sussex
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E. V. Lucas
A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, graves…
In Kent with Charles Dickens
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Thomas Frost
By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…
An Inland Voyage
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Robert Louis Stevenson
As a young man, Stevenson wished to be financially independent and began his literary career by writing travelogues. This is his first publi…