Exploration
30 books
Exploration
858
Apsley Cherry-Garrard - Worst Journey in the World, Vol 2
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has...
9 hours 35 minutes
Exploration
1K
Ida Laura Pfeiffer - Woman's Journey Round the World
Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into several languages. «The Woman's Journey Around the World, from Vienna to...
19 hours 24 minutes
Exploration
796
Apsley Cherry-Garrard - Worst Journey in the World, Vol 1
The Worst Journey in the World is a memoir of the 1910–1913 British Antarctic Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott. It was written and published in 1922 by a survivor of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and has...
12 hours 16 minutes
History
865
John Leland - Itinerary of John Leland in or About the Years 1535-1543
John Leland's 'Itinerary' was the product of several journeys around England and Wales undertaken between 1538 and 1543. The manuscript is made up of Leland's notebooks, which were first published in the 18th century,...
2 hours 1 minute
Exploration
979
Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. «Celebrated travels and travellers» tells the story of geographical discovery in the same well...
18 hours 23 minutes
Exploration
832
Rustichello da Pisa - Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1
«Books of the Marvels of the World» or «Description of the World» (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed «Il Milione» («The Million») or «Oriente Poliano», but commonly called «The Travels of Marco Polo», is a...
6 hours 55 minutes
