Travel

Rough Notes Taken During Some Rapid Journeys Across the Pampas and Among the An…

by Francis Bond Head Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
“Galloped on with no stopping, but merely to change horses until five o’clock in the evening—very tired indeed, but . . . saw fresh horses i…

Around the World on a Bicycle

by Thomas Stevens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Thomas Stevens was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle, a large-wheeled Ordinary. His journey started in April 1884 in San Franc…

The Log Of A Sea-Waif

by Frank Thomas Bullen Read by David Wales 3.9
The brilliant author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot" and "Idylls of the Sea" presents in this new work (1899) the contin…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by Blair Niles and William Beebe Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Lancashire

by Francis Archibald Bruton Read by Phil Benson 4.4
The county of Lancashire in the north-west of England is best known as the engine room of the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution. Stee…

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay

by Watkin Tench Read by tabithat 4.6
A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay offers a firsthand account of the early days of European settlement in Australia, as seen throug…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
National Geographic Magazine Volume 6, articles published from January, 1894, to May, 1895.* Geographic Progress of Civilization - Annual Ad…

Young Folks' Treasury

by Hamilton Wright Mabie Read by BettyB 5
Historical vignettes of selected locations throughout the world and many of our early explorers as well. Fascinating travel adventures throu…

Mountain Adventures

by John Timbs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-lif…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Idle Days in Patagonia

by William Henry Hudson Read by Kevin W. Davidson 4.9
Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

Haunted London

by Walter Thornbury and George Walter Thornbury Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
London: one of the oldest and most populous cities in the world. Surely it holds a few secrets within its ancient walls and the stories of g…

The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators

by Hendrik Van Loon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a story of magnificent failures. The men who equipped the expeditions of which I shall tell you the story died in the poorhouse. The…

History of a Six Weeks' Tour

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Full titled History of a Six Weeks' Tour through a part of France, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Rou…

The Seven Seas

by Rudyard Kipling Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is a collection of some of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, These poems are centered around travelling, many of which may have been writt…

Canyon de Chelly

by Zorro A. Bradley Read by David Wales 4.4
A 1973 U.S. government publication describing the history and physical characteristics of this Arizona national monument within the boundari…

Travels to Oaxaca

by Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry De Menonville and Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Botanical Piracy! A French botanist plots to steal red dye cochineal insects from Spanish Mexico and transplant them and their cacti hosts …

The Travels of Sir John Mandeville

by Sir John Mandeville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This is an Elizabethan translation of a 14th century travelogue, allegedly composed by one Sir John Mandeville. According to the book, John …

Mexico

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 5
In-depth study of the country of Mexico regarding the cities, rulers, religions, customs and culture. (Summary by Betty B)

Traveling Sketches

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
In this small book, Anthony Trollope describes with his characteristic wit and satire the different types of travelers commonly encountered …

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