Travel & Geography

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Samuel Butler



Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

Read by David Wales


Mark Twain



This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland, August 1773

Read by Phil Benson


William Hutchinson



In the summer of 1773, lawyer and antiquarian William Hutchinson set out from his home in County Durham on a tour of the English Lake Distri…

Venetian Life

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Dean Howells



William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…

Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

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Foster Barham Zincke



Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…

White Mountain Trails

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Winthrop Packard



"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …

The Land of Enchantment: From Pike's Peak to the Pacific

Read by Tatiana Chichilla


Lilian Whiting



Lilian Whiting, renowned journalist and editor, takes the reader on a grand circle tour of the American West. Beginning with Colorado, Ms. W…

Notes on The Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk

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Harry Brittain



The Broads area of Norfolk and Suffolk is in the East Anglian region of England. It is the location of Britain's third largest inland waterw…

Civilization and Climate

Read by Leon Harvey


Ellsworth Huntington



This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…

Florida Trails

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Winthrop Packard



American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given us such accounts as Wild Pastures, Wood Wanderings, and White Mountain Trails now he takes …

Aljaska (Alaska) en de Canada-spoorweg

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


William James McGlothlin



Toeristisch verslag van een reis naar Canada en Alaska, in 1892 gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift "De Aarde en haar volken". We gaan…

Exeter

Read by Phil Benson


Frederick W. Heath and Sidney Heath



Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England's most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 10. October 1896

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National Geographic Society



The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number. It includes the following articles:* California by the Hon. Ge…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 03. March 1898

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National Geographic Society



The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number.It includes the following articles:Dwellings of the Saga-…

The Story of London

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones


Henry B. Wheatley



A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…

Op Walcheren

Read by Marcel Coenders


Jacobus Craandijk



Op Walcheren is een reisverslag uit de reeks 'Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood'. Er worden 3 wandelingen beschreven. Een stadsw…

A Guide Book of Art, Architecture, and Historic Interests in Pennsylvania

Read by Tatiana Chichilla


Margaretta Archambault



This book was curated by the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women for tourists' use on a journey to Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 6…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 12. December 1897

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National Geographic Society



The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number.It includes the following articles:A Special Announc…

The Story of Cairo

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Stanley Lane-Poole



Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…

Ricordi di Londra, seguiti da Un' escursione nei quartieri poveri di Londra

Read by Claudia Caldi


Edmondo De Amicis



Questa del 1874 è la seconda edizione del volume XXII della Biblioteca di Viaggi pubblicata dai Fratelli Treves. Gli editori vi riuni…

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