Travel & Geography
130 books
Reference
608
Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands
The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In...
9 hours 11 minutes
History
438
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca - Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Few stories of shipwreck and survival can equal that of the 16th century Spaniard Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca who, cast ashore near present day (USA) Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1528, survived eight years of hand-to-mouth...
4 hours 19 minutes
History
466
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
