Travel

Foreign Lands

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 4, 2021.…

With Swag and Billy

by Henry J. Tompkins Read by Phil Benson 4.8
A guide to hikes around Sydney, Australia, from the early years of the twentieth century. In 1895, Henry J. Tompkins and William Mogford Ham…

A London Mosaic

by Walter Lionel George Read by David Wales
An idiosyncratic view of various aspects of London, England, published in 1921. Walter Lionel George (1882 – 1926) was an English writer, c…

Across Asia on a Bicycle

by Thomas Gaskell Allen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 …

North America

by Anthony Trollope Read by Celine Major 4.3
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. In 1861 he travelled through…

Around the World with the Children

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.8
An introduction to world geography for young and old alike. Topics such as China, Japan, the American Indian, Europe and the oceans on a beg…

The Book of the National Parks

by Robert Sterling Yard Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.1
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…

Unknown London

by Walter George Bell Read by Janet 4.8
Unknown London invites listeners to uncover the hidden facets of one of the world's most iconic cities. Walter George Bell delves into the l…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the February Number. It includes the following articles: Crater Lake, Oregon, by J…

A Ride Across the Peloponnese

by George Macmillan Read by Rob Marland 4.8
In the spring of 1877, a young Oscar Wilde visited Greece with his classics professor, J. P. Mahaffy, and two friends. One of these friends,…

Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe

by Charlotte Mary Yonge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Join Little Lucy on an enchanting journey around the world in Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe. This delightful tale invites young listeners to…

The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

by John Charles Van Dyke Read by Sue Anderson 4.2
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier

by Hazard Stevens Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …

Australian Miscellany

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…

Through East Anglia In A Motor Car

by James Edmund Vincent Read by TND 4.8
The beginning of the last century saw an increasing popularity of the motor car as a viable method of transport for a significant number of …

Travels in New Zealand

by Ernst Dieffenbach Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.3
“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, o…

Our Little Korean Cousin

by Henry Lee Mitchell Pike Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This book is one of a series that aims at describing other cultures to children in an entertaining way that honors the culture, educates the…

Going Abroad?

by Robert Luce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Going abroad for a holiday or business is always exciting, but we can only imagine how exciting it would have been in 1900 to board a steame…

Four Months in a Sneak-Box

by Nathaniel H. Bishop Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journey to the great southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain and…

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