Travel
What I Saw in America
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and wh…
The Riddle of the Sands
Read by Gesine
Erskine Childers
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yach…
Anabasis
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Xenophon
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Read by David Leeson
Daniel Defoe
“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travel…
The Brethren
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
H. Rider Haggard
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtfu…
Japanese Girls and Women
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Alice Bacon
A clear and delightful peek into the world of Japanese girls and women of the late 1800s: their childhood, education, marriage and intimate …
Der Chancellor
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Jules Verne
Der Chancellor ist eines von Jules Vernes ungewöhnlichsten Werken. Es erzählt vom Untergang eines Schiffes in Form eines Tagebuche…
Two Years Before the Mast
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Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
While there are many books upon the subject of sea life, there are few that can compare with Two Years Before the Mast. It is the story of a…
The Alhambra: A Series Of Tales And Sketches Of The Moors And Spaniards
Read by David Wales
Washington Irving
This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of…
Among the Tibetans
Read by Availle
Isabella L. Bird
Isabella L. Bird was an English traveller, writer and natural historian. She was travelling in the Far East alone at a time when such endeav…
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1…
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Roald Amundsen
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…
The Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1
Read by Kevin Green
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and publ…
Inca Lands
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Hiram Bingham
Prof. Hiram Bingham of Yale Makes the Greatest Archaeological Discovery of the Age by Locating and Excavating Ruins of Machu Picchu on a Pea…
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
Read by Availle
Isabella L. Bird
Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was trave…
The Art of Travel
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Sir Francis Galton
The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…
How I Found Livingstone
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Henry Morton Stanley
Sir Henry Morton Stanley is famously quoted for saying "Dr Livingstone, i Presume?". Born in Wales, he migrated over to the United…
Ein Sommer in London
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Theodor Fontane
Diese 35 kurzen Reiseberichte entstanden, als Theodor Fontane 1852 zum zweiten Mal nach London reiste. Die Stadt faszinierte ihn, und sowohl…
The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Read by Sue Anderson
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore …
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1
Read by Sue Anderson
John Lloyd Stephens
The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…
Im Herzen von Afrika
Read by Dirk Weber
Georg Schweinfurth
Schweinfurth trat 1868 im Auftrag der Humboldt-Stiftung in Berlin eine große Reise nach Afrika an. 1869 reiste er von Khartum aus nila…