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De Noordwestelijke Doorvaart - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1909Boven de ontdekkingsreizen, die de poollanden met hun eeuwig ijs tot doel hadden, spant zich niet alleen de reine glans, die afstraalt van de witte sneeuwvelden, maar ook de weerschijn van heilige geestdrift. Als men...

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863At the outbreak of the American war, in common with many of my countrymen, I felt very indifferent as to which side might win; but if I had any bias, my sympathies were rather in favour of...

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Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to CorsicaI now beg leave to present the world with a more correct edition of my Account of Corsica. I return my sincere thanks to those who have taken the trouble...

Herrn Mahlhubers ReiseabenteuerHerr Hieronymus Mahlhuber war ein anspruchloser Mann, der sich schon seit lnger als funfzehn Jahren mit dem Titel eines Commerzienraths und im Besitze eines Ludwigskreuzes nach Gidelsbach zurckgezogen hatte und hier mit einer alten Haushlterin still und ruhig seine Tage verlebte. Was...

A Svmmarie and Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes VVest Indian Voyage - Wherein were taken, the townes of Saint Iago, Sancto Domingo, Cartagena & Saint Augustine.Right Honorable, hauing by chaunce recouered of late into my handes (after I had once lost the same)...

Tenting To-night - A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier Park and the Cascade MountainsThe trail is narrowoften but the width of the pony's feet, a tiny path that leads on and on. It is always ahead, sometimes bold and wide, as when...

Récit d'une excursion de l'impératrice Marie-Louise aux glaciers de Savoie en juillet 1814 You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and...

The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic ClubSome years ago I met at a dinner in Washington the famous Norwegian arctic explorer, Nansen, himself one of the heroes of polar adventure; and he remarked to me, "Peary...

Voyage of the LiberdadeThis literary craft of mine, in its native model and rig, goes out laden with the facts of the strange happenings on a home afloat. Her constructor, a sailor for many years, could have put a whole cargo of salt, so...

Genio y figuraEn tres distintas y muy apartadas pocas de mi vida, peregrinando yo por diversos pases de Europa y Amrica, o residiendo en las capitales, he tratado al vizconde de Goivo-Formoso, diplomtico portugus, con quien he tenido amistad afectuosa y constante. En nuestras...

The River and IThe following account of a youthful adventure was written during the winter of 1908, ran as a serial in Putnam's Magazine the following year, and appeared as a book in 1910, five years before "The Song of Hugh Glass," the first...

History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. - To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. In presenting these volumes to the public, the editor...

Reis in Nepal - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1887De zending in het belang der archeologische studin, mij door den minister van Openbaar Onderwijs opgedragen, bracht van zelve mede, dat de minst bekende streken van Indi achtereenvolgens door mij werden bezocht. Geen dezer landstreken...

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring CountriesWILLIAM GRIFFITH, Esq., the youngest son of the late Thomas Griffith, was born on the 4th of March 1810, at his fathers residence at Ham Common, near Kingston-upon-Thames, in the county of Surrey....

Krakatau en de Straat Soenda - De Aarde en haar Volken, 1886De herinnering aan de ontzettende ramp, die in Augustus 1883 het eiland Krakatau en de naastbij gelegen kusten van Java en Sumatra getroffen heeft, iszoo als het altijd gaatdoor den stroom van latere...

Un hiver à MajorqueCe livre porte sa date dans une lettre ddicace mon ami Franois Rollinat, et sa raison d'tre dans les rflexions qui ouvrent le chapitre IV; je ne saurais que les rpter: Pourquoi voyager quand on n'y est pas forc? Aujourd'hui, revenant...

The Art of Travel; Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Preface Preparatory Enquiries Organising an Expedition Outfit Medicine Surveying Instruments Memoranda and Log-Books Measurements Climbing and Mountaineering Cattle Harness Carriages Swimming Rafts and Boats Fords and Bridges Clothing Bedding Bivouac Huts Sleeping-Bags...

Op SamoaGedurende een reeks van jaren was ik op het kantoor van den heer Andreas Mertel werkzaam geweest en reeds tot tweeden boekhouder opgeklommen, toen de chef van het huis op een goeden dag zijn bedienden kwam mededeelen, dat hij voornemens was de zaak...

The RoadThere is a woman in the state of Nevada to whom I once lied continuously, consistently, and shamelessly, for the matter of a couple of hours. I don't want to apologize to her. Far be it from me. But I do want to...