Travel

The Pilgrims' Way from Winchester to Canterbury

by Julia Mary Cartwright Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"This account of the Way trodden by the pilgrims of the Middle Ages through the South of England to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterb…

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 …

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…

From Bangkok to Bombay

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB 4.3
Another entry in Carpenter's geographical reader series with information on the peoples, cultures, and everyday life of this Asian area. - …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

With Sack and Stock in Alaska

by George Broke Read by Phil Schempf 4.3
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the …

The Story of Geographical Discovery

by Joseph Jacobs Read by Steven Seitel 5
This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number.It includes the following articles:A Special Announc…

The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

by Charles E. Flandrau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.3
"It has been a little over fifty years since the organization of the Territory of Minnesota, which at its birth was a very small and un…

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 …

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…

Lands of the Caribbean

by Frank G. Carpenter Read by BettyB
The author ventures to the islands of the Caribbean for yet another volume in his travel series. This time we visit the countries of Panama,…

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 …

American Notes for General Circulation

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…

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…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The National Geographic Magazine Volume 4, articles published in 1892 and 1893.The Evolution of Commerce: Annual Address by the President, G…

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…

Scilly and its Legends

by Henry John Whitfield Read by Timothy Ferguson 5
A travel journal to the Scilly Islands written in the Nineteenth Century. It records Scillonian legends and folklore. There are brief divers…

Palmetto Leaves

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…

Travel Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.4
A collection of short, non-fiction travel memoirs or guides written in, or translated into, English. Material covered might be a museum, a v…

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