Travel & Geography
North Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
John Edward Marr
Cambridge County Geographies was a 75 volume series covering the counties of England, Scotland and Wales. Separate volumes were produced for…
Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century
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Hester Lynch Piozzi
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 07-08. July-August 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July-August Number.It includes the following articles:The Venezuelan Boundary …
The First Voyage of James Cook Volume 2
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James Cook
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 Vol. 07 - 08. August 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the August Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the National G…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 10. October 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number.It includes the following articles:The Enchanted Mesa, by F. W.…
Wild and romantic: Early guides to the English lake district
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Thomas Gray
A collection of some of the most significant literary work on the English Lake District prior to Thomas West’s A guide to the Lakes (1778). …
The Story of Sitka
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Clarence Leroy Andrews
The Author recounts life in the great northwest in Sitka, Alaska "Sitka of the Russians" a century ago with insights into Sitka's …
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 07. July 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the United State…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 06. June 1896
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles:* The Seine, the Meuse, and th…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 03. March 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Storms and Weather Forecasts…
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 09. September 1897
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the September Number.It includes the following articles:Modification of the Great …
Notes of An East Coast Naturalist
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Arthur Henry Patterson
Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and faun…
Tafereelen uit Italie
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Charles Dickens
In 1844 reisde Charles Dickens samen met zijn gezin enkele maanden naar Frankrijk en Italie waar hij Rome, Napels, Venetie en Florence bezoc…
Man and Nature on the Broads
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Arthur Henry Patterson
From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…
In The Footprints Of The Padres
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Charles Warren Stoddard
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote travel books quite popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This…
South-Sea Idyls
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Charles Warren Stoddard
The American Charles Warren Stoddard (1843–1909) wrote quite popular travel books, especially those about Polynesia. South-Sea Idyls (1873)…
Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska
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Charles Warren Stoddard
This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales