Travel

Im Gold- und SilberlandIn dem vorhergehenden Bande[1] habe ich den Leser ber die Prrieen, das Felsengebirge und durch die Alkaliwste in die Hauptstadt des damals neu errichteten Territoriums Nevada, nach der Stadt Carson gefhrt. Es war eine hlzerne Stadt; ihre Einwohnerzahl betrug zweitausend. Die...

In Brightest AfricaI have written this Foreword, not after reading the manuscript of the volume thoroughly, but after a quarter of a century acquaintance with the experiences, thoughts, and ideals of the author himself. This is the daybook, the diary, the narrative, the incident,...

A Twentieth Century IdealistNature herself is an idea of the mind and is never presented to the senses. She lies under the veil of appearances, but is herself never apparent. To the art of the ideal is lent, or, rather, absolutely given, the privilege...

My Arctic journal: a year among ice-fields and EskimosThis plain and simple narrative of a year spent by a refined woman in the realm of the dreaded Frost King has been written only after persistent and urgent pressure from friends, by one who shrank...

Reisescizzen und Tagebuchblätter aus Deutsch-OstafrikaDer Markusplatz lag in hellem Sonnenglanz, welcher in all dem blanken Marmor und in der Goldmosaik der wunderbaren maurischen Kirche funkelte und blitzte. Auf den Marmorplatten wogte eine festtgliche Menge mit nur in Venedig mglicher Geruschlosigkeit. Tausende von schnen Augen...

Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 2 of 3) - Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under...

A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, with a Return Down the Rhine, Vol. 2 (of 2) - To Which Are Added Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland; Second...

Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. - Containing an Account of the Soil and Natural Productions of Those Regions, Together With...

Viagem ao norte do Brazil feita nos annos 1613 a 1614, pelo Padre Ivo D'EvreuxVIAGEM AO NORTE DO BRASIL FEITA NOS ANNOS DE 1613 A 1614, PELO PADRE IVO DEVREUX RELIGIOSO CAPUCHINHO PUBLICADA CONFORME O EXEMPLAR, UNICO, CONSERVADO NA BIBLIOTHECA IMPERIAL DE PARIZ COM...

Two years in the French West IndiesA Midsummer Trip to the Tropics Martinique Sketches: I. Les Porteuses II. La Grande Anse III. Un Revenant IV. La Guiablesse V. La Vrette VI. Les Blanchisseuses VII. La Pele VIII. 'Ti Canoti IX. La Fille de Couleur...

Sir Francis Drake: His Voyage, 1595 - Together with the Spanish account of Drake's attack on Puerto RicoThe name of Sir Francis Drake is one of the brightest ornaments of Hakluyts collection; and a Society, which undertakes to continue and complete the labours of...

Noa Noa Nach dreiundsechzigtgiger berfahrt, dreiundsechzig Tagen fieberhafter Erwartung, bemerkten wir am 8. Juni in der Nacht seltsame Feuer, die sich im Zickzack auf dem Meere bewegten. Von dem dunkeln Himmel lste sich ein schwarzer Kegel mit zackigen Einschnitten. Es ist der Gipfel eines...

A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, with a Return Down the Rhine, Vol. 1 (of 2) - To Which Are Added Observations during a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and CumberlandThe Author...

Utazás a Balaton körül (2. kötet)(A Ketts vangylista. Kiteszik a zsllrsgbl. Mg egyszer megnzi hzt, szljt s aztn beadja a kulcsot. A remete-barlangban. A Ferk gyerek s kutyja. A holt asszony fejktje s gyszje. A zsllr s a kirly egytt porlanak.) Ketts vangylistnak neveztk...

Utazás a Balaton körül (1. kötet)Volt mg tdik s hatodik is. Szentirmay Jzsef volt az tdik s n magam voltam a hatodik. Mindenkirl el fogok mondani mindent, a mi vele az utazs -2- alatt trtnt, csak magamrl hallgatok. Nekem elg dolgom lesz az irssal....

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VII. Being the Third of the Third VoyageDESCRIPTION OF KARAKAKOOA BAY.VAST CONCOURSE OF THE NATIVES.POWER OF THE CHIEFS OVER THE INFERIOR PEOPLE.VISIT FROM KOAH, A PRIEST AND WARRIOR.THE MORAI AT KAKOOA DESCRIBED.CEREMONIES AT THE...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VI. Being the Second of the Third VoyageAN ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OBSERVED.THE ISLAND TOOBOUAI DISCOVERED.ITS SITUATION, EXTENT, AND APPEARANCE.INTERCOURSE WITH ITS INHABITANTS.THEIR PERSONS, DRESSES, AND CANOES DESCRIBED.ARRIVAL IN OHEITEPEHA BAY AT OTAHEITE.OMAIS RECEPTION,...

The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. V. Being the First of the Third VoyageThe spirit of discovery, which had long animated the European nations, having, after its arduous and successful exertions during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, gradually subsided, and...

George Borrow's Second Tour in WalesThe reader of Dr. Knapps Life of Borrow will remember that, three years after the 1854 expedition to North Wales, George Borrow made a rapid traverse through the south-western portion of the Principality. The incidents of the former excursion...

Meine erste WeltreiseNapoleon auf Sankt Helena. (Mmorial relatif la captivit de Napolon Ste-Hlne.) Von Sir Hudson Lowe (Gouverneur von St. Helena). Mit vier Tafeln nach alten Originalkupferstichen und mit andern zeitgenssischen Abbildungen. Broschiert 4 Mark. In Leinenband 5 Mark. Meine Abenteuer. (Meine Flucht aus...