Travel & Exploration

Four centuries of going and looking — the great voyages and the small walks, the explorers, the exiles and the people who simply wanted to see somewhere else.

• A Bird-Lover in the West Olive Thorne Miller
• A Book of Discovery M. B. Synge
• A Boy’s Voyage Round the World Samuel Smiles
• A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Samuel Johnson
• A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains Isabella L. Bird
• A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Matthew A. Henson
• A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck
• A New Voyage to Carolina John Lawson
• A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy Laurence Sterne
• A Tramp Abroad Mark Twain
• A Vagabond Journey Around the World Harry A. Franck
• A Visit to the Philippine Islands John Bowring
• A Wayfarer in China Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
• A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Henry David Thoreau
• A Woman’s Journey through the Philippines Florence Kimball Russel
• A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden William A. Ross
• Above the Snow Line Clinton Thomas Dent
• Abroad at Home Julian Street
• Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle
• Albania: A Narrative of Recent Travel E. F. Knight
• Alexandria: A History and a Guide E. M. Forster
• American Adventures Julian Street
• American Notes Charles Dickens
• An Australian in China George Ernest Morrison
• An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon Robert Knox
• At Home and Abroad Margaret Fuller
• Beasts, Men and Gods Ferdinand Ossendowski
• Birdseye Views of Far Lands James T. Nichols
• Byeways in Palestine James Finn
• Captain Cook’s Journal During His First Voyage Round the World James Cook
• Crossing the Plains, Days of ’57 William Audley Maxwell
• Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon Austen Henry Layard
• Domestic Manners of the Americans Frances Trollope
• Due West; or, Round the World in Ten Months Maturin M. Ballou
• English Traits Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Europe and Elsewhere Mark Twain
• Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo W. Cope Devereux
• Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa Edward Hutton
• Following the Equator Mark Twain
• France in Eighteen Hundred and Two Henry Redhead Yorke
• From a Terrace in Prague B. Granville Baker
• From Dan to Beersheba John Philip Newman
• From Peking to Mandalay Reginald Fleming Johnston
• From Sea to Sea Rudyard Kipling
• From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan H. P. Blavatsky
• Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire John H. Dixon
• Galicia, the Switzerland of Spain Annette M. B. Meakin
• Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Lafcadio Hearn
• Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore Robert H. Elliot
• Greek Lands and Letters Anne C. E. Allinson & Francis G. Allinson
• Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker
• Highways and Byways in Sussex E. V. Lucas
• How I Found Livingstone Henry M. Stanley
• In and Around Berlin Minerva Brace Norton
• In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson
• Inca Land Hiram Bingham
• Intimate China Alicia Little
• Italian Fantasies Israel Zangwill
• Italian Hours Henry James
• Italian Villas and Their Gardens Edith Wharton
• Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile Henry Stephens
• Korea and Her Neighbors Isabella L. Bird
• Lands of the Slave and the Free Henry A. Murray
• Letters from Egypt Lucie Duff Gordon
• Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark Mary Wollstonecraft
• Life at Puget Sound Caroline C. Leighton
• Loitering in Pleasant Paths Marion Harland
• Mearing Stones Joseph Campbell
• My Attainment of the Pole Frederick A. Cook
• My First Summer in the Sierra John Muir
• Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Abyssinia Francisco Alvares
• Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire James Croston
• Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast Samuel Adams Drake
• Normandy: The Scenery and Romance of Its Ancient Towns Gordon Home
• North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State Federal Writers’ Project
• Northern Travel Bayard Taylor
• Old Calabria Norman Douglas
• One Irish Summer William Eleroy Curtis
• Our Hawaii Charmian London
• Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska Charles Warren Stoddard
• Palace and Hovel Daniel Joseph Kirwan
• Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis William Blagdon
• Peculiarities of American Cities Willard Glazier
• Peeps at Many Lands: Australia Frank Fox
• Peeps at Many Lands: Siam Ernest Young
• Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens
• Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official W. H. Sleeman
• Rambles and Studies in Greece J. P. Mahaffy
• Roughing It in the Bush Susanna Moodie
• Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California Mary E. Anderson
• Sea and Sardinia D. H. Lawrence
• Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule Almira Stillwell Cole
• Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece John Addington Symonds
• Somerset G. W. Wade & J. H. Wade
• South: The Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition Ernest Shackleton
• Steep Trails John Muir
• The Alhambra Washington Irving
• The American Egypt Channing Arnold & Frederick Frost
• The Ascent of the Matterhorn Edward Whymper
• The Bondage and Travels of Johann Schiltberger Johannes Schiltberger
• The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria Ludwig Salvator
• The Cathedrals of Northern France M. F. Mansfield
• The City of the Saints Richard Francis Burton
• The Cornwall Coast Arthur L. Salmon
• The Cruise of the Snark Jack London
• The Diary of Dr. John William Polidori John William Polidori
• The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh
• The Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke
• The Gardens of the Sun F. W. Burbidge
• The Gates of India Thomas Hungerford Holdich
• The Kingdom of Georgia Oliver Wardrop
• The Lake of the Sky George Wharton James
• The Land Beyond the Forest Emily Gerard
• The Land of Little Rain Mary Austin
• The Land of the Long Night Paul Du Chaillu
• The Land of Thor J. Ross Browne
• The Lands of Silence Clements R. Markham
• The Maine Woods Henry David Thoreau
• The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins Various
• The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad
• The Mountains of California John Muir
• The Naples Riviera Herbert M. Vaughan
• The New York and Albany Post Road C. G. Hine
• The North-West Amazons Thomas Whiffen
• The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman
• The Standard Galleries: Holland Esther Singleton
• The Story of Siena and San Gimignano Edmund G. Gardner
• The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell Andrew Battell
• The Trail of the Goldseekers Hamlin Garland
• The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de León Pedro de Cieza de León
• The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens
• Three in Norway, by Two of Them J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck
• Three Years’ Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China Robert Fortune
• Through East Anglia in a Motor Car James Edmund Vincent
• To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in Disguise Ely Banister Soane
• Tour in England, Ireland, and France Hermann von Pückler-Muskau
• Travels in Central Asia Ármin Vámbéry
• Travels in China John Barrow
• Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara James Richardson
• Travels through France and Italy Tobias Smollett
• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes Robert Louis Stevenson
• Twice Round the Clock George Augustus Sala
• Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana
• Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella L. Bird
• Up the Orinoco and Down the Magdalena J. A. Zahm
• Vagabonding Down the Andes Harry A. Franck
• Walks in Rome Augustus J. C. Hare
• Wandering in Northern China Harry A. Franck
• Wanderings in Spain Théophile Gautier
• Wanderings in Wessex Edric Holmes
• West African Studies Mary Kingsley
• What I Saw in America G. K. Chesterton
• White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O’Brien
• Wild Wales George Borrow
• Working North from Patagonia Harry A. Franck