Travel

Journal of my journey over the mountains - while surveying for Lord Thomas Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in the northern neck of Virginia, beyond the Blue Ridge, in 1747-8.This journal of George Washington, now for the first time printed entire and with literal exactness,...

Henry Irving's Impressions of America - Narrated in a Series of Sketches, Chronicles, and ConversationsThis book is the outcome of a desire to chronicle, in a lasting form, some of the events of a tour which your kindness has made a delight to Ellen...

Constantinople, v. 2 (of 2)On arriving in Constantinople for the first time, one is much surprised, after all he has heard of the thraldom of the Turkish women, to see them, everywhere and at all hours of the day, coming and going with apparently...

A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora The following is little more than a diary of a voyage made by me on the whaler Aurora of Dundee in 1884. I cannot imagine its being read by many, as the subject can only...

Constantinople, v. 1 (of 2)9 The arrival at Constantinople made such an overpowering impression upon me as to almost efface what I had seen during the previous ten days trip from the Straits of Messina to the mouth of the Bosphorus. The Ionian Sea,...

La Biblia en España, Tomo III (de 3) - O viajes, aventuras y prisiones de un inglés en su intento de difundir las Escrituras por la Península Estado de los asuntos en Madrid. Nuevo Ministerio. El obispo de Roma. El librero de Toledo. Las...

Päiväkirja matkaltani Venäjällä, ja käynti Leo Tolstoin luona keväällä 1899I. 8. IV. (junavaunussa) II. Pietarissa, 9. IV. III. Pietarissa, 11. IV. IV. " " V. Moskovassa, 16. IV. VI. Moskovassa, 17. IV. VII. Krimin niemell, 22.-25. IV. En tied onko se saamattomuutta, hermollisuutta, vai...

La Biblia en España, Tomo II (de 3) - O viajes, aventuras y prisiones de un inglés en su intento de difundir las Escrituras por la Península Llegada a Madrid. Mara Daz. Impresin del Testamento. Mi proyecto. El corcel andaluz. Se necesita un criado....

La Biblia en España, Tomo I (de 3) - O viajes, aventuras y prisiones de un inglés en su intento de difundir las Escrituras por la PenínsulaToms Borrow, de familia de labradores establecida desde muy antiguo cerca de Liskeard, en Cornwall, se fug de...

Transhimalaja: Löytöjä ja seikkailuja Tibetissä. 2 (of 2)18. Pyhss kaupungissa. 19. Oleskeluni Shigatsessa. 20. Raga-tsangpoa pitkin. 21. Erakkomunkkeja. 22. Targo-gangri ja Shuru-tso. 23. Muhamed Isan kuolema. 24. Kiertoteit Tradumiin ja pikimltn Nepaliin. 25. Brahmaputran lhteill. Ero. 26. Manasarovar. 27. Sotledshin lhde ja Pyh vuori....

Transhimalaja: Löytöjä ja seikkailuja Tibetissä. 1 (of 2)Alkulause. 1. Simla. 2. Lehin tie. 3. Lht Tibetiin. 4. Tibetilisen sismaan reunalle. 5. Lake Lightenilla. 6. Suoraan susien suuhun tai haaksirikkoon! 7. Suuria tappioita. 8. Tuntemattomassa maassa. 9. Kovanonnen pivi. 10. Kuumesairaana villin jakin maassa. 11....

Historia natural y moral de las Indias (vol 2 of 2)Habiendo tratado lo que la historia natural de Indias pertenece, en lo que resta se tratar de la historia moral, esto es, de las costumbres y hechos de los Indios. Porque despues del Cielo,...

A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2The first of two maps precedes the Introduction. It lacks a caption but probably depicts the Kabul or Khood Cabul Pass. "Boot Khak" named on the map is probably the "Bhoodkhak" of the Journal. The absence of...

The Motor Boys on Road and River; Or, Racing To Save a LifeMy Dear Boys: Sometimes, as you doubtless know, the simplest actions result in the most remarkable complications. When Jerry Hopkins picked up a lump of common-looking clay on some swamp land that...

Kulkurielämää: NuoruudenmuistelmiaSaavuin Niagara Fallsiin "sivuovipullmannissa" eli tavallista puhetapaa kyttkseni tavaravaunussa. Avovaunua nimitetn, sivumennen sanoen, "gondoolaksi" korko toisella tavulla. Saavuin siis iltapivll ja astelin suoraa pt putouksille. Ja kun silmni sattuivat tuohon ryppyvien vetten nytelmn, olin hukassa. En saanut itseni siit nyst irti temmatuksi edes...

Sämmtliche Werke 1-2: Mein Leben / Spaziergang nach Syrakus im Jahre 1802 - Vierte rechtmäßige Gesammtausgabe in acht Bänden Das Miliche einer Selbstbiographie kenne ich so gut als sonst irgend Jemand; und ich halte mich fr nicht wichtig genug, da berhaupt mein Leben beschrieben...

In Egitto: La caccia della jena Parlammo di primi amori e di ultimi, comparativamente; si cadde d'accordo che convien lasciar soli a narrare i loro amori i poeti capelluti che vivono sulla anatomia patologica del proprio cuore; e di discorso in discorso contrassi il...

Touring in 1600: A Study in the Development of Travel as a Means of EducationBut thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, nor jewels; nor for silks; nor for spices; nor any other commodity of matter; but only for God's...

Reise durch den Stillen OzeanAus Reiselust war ich Schiffsarzt geworden. Der Drang in die Ferne hatte mich veranlasst, auf Postdampfern siebenmal zwischen Europa und Amerika hin und her zu fahren. Derselbe Drang hatte mich in die emporkeimende deutsche Marine getrieben, von dieser jedoch mir...

Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in MoroccoTO WAYFARING MEN. Sirs, the Holy Scriptures, which, as we know, were written for our learning, seem to imply that some of us are fools. This may be so, and when I moralise, wrapped in the frequent contemplation of my...