Travel

Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

by John William Norie Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the March Number. It includes the following articles: Storms and Weather Forecasts…

Historic Waterways

by Reuben Gold Thwaites Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Historic Waterways, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing down the Rock, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.This volume is the record of six hundred miles of …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the United State…

A Flying Trip Around the World

by Elizabeth Bisland Read by Holly Jenson 3.6
In November 1889, the New York World announced that it was sending its reporter Nellie Bly around the world, in a bid to beat Phileas Fogg's…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.2
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles:* The Seine, the Meuse, and th…

An Excursion to the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland

by William Hutchinson Read by Phil Benson 5
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…

A Bundle of Letters from over the Sea

by Louise B. Robinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
In presenting my little book to the public, I feel that I should apologize for so doing, instead of introducing it; for at the time my lette…

California

by J. Tyrwhitt Brooks and Henry Vizetelly Read by LivelyHive 3.6
Henry Vizetelly, writing under the pseudonym J. Tyrwhitt Brooks, recalls an expedition to California he took between 1847-1848 . Originally,…

Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills

by James Cowan Read by Beeswaxcandle 5
In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of th…

Three Days On The Ohio River

by William A Alcott and William A. Alcott Read by David Wales 3.8
This 1854 narration of a trip upon the Ohio River in a steamboat from Cincinnati to Pittsburg gives a picture of travel in a different time…

Letters From America

by Rupert Brooke Read by David Wales 2.5
"[Rupert Brooke] started in May 1913 on a journey to the United States, Canada, and the South Seas, from which he returned next year at…

North Lancashire

by John Edward Marr Read by Phil Benson 4.5
Cambridge County Geographies was a 75 volume series covering the counties of England, Scotland and Wales. Separate volumes were produced for…

Visits To The Dead In The Catacombs Of Rome

by George Washington Greene Read by David Wales 3.3
This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59,…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the August Number. It includes the following articles:* The Work of the National G…

October Vagabonds

by Richard Le Gallienne Read by Roger Melin 3.6
Richard and his friend Colin must sadly return from their distant hermitage to New York City at summer's end. However, rather than take the …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the July-August Number.It includes the following articles:The Venezuelan Boundary …

Adlestrop

by Edward Thomas Read by LibriVox Volunteers
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Adlestrop by Edward Thomas. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 20th, 2009.

Glimpses of Italian society

by Hester Lynch Piozzi Read by Barbara Baker 3.7
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Ly…

Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day

by Haji A. Browne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.3
Knowing the Egyptian as I know him, I cannot but think that he is greatly misunderstood, even by those who are sincerely anxious to befriend…

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