Gail Timmerman Vaughan
21 books
Nature
560
Ernst Dieffenbach - Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, Vol. I
“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, others covered with shrubs, while on all of them steam issued from a hundred...
10 hours 32 minutes
Nature
428
Aimé Bonpland - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.3
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland in South and Central America, and the Caribbean. In this volume, they start at...
18 hours
*Non-fiction
462
Aimé Bonpland - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.2
In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at Lake Valencia in the llanos of Venezuela and then travelling the mighty South...
22 hours
Exploration
557
Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1
In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departed for the Americas on a journey of exploration that would last well into 1804. In...
22 hours 49 minutes
Nature
505
Horace Kephart - book of camping and woodcraft : a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness
In the Introduction to Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart wrote: “My one aim in writing this little book is to make it of practical service to those who seek rest or sport in the wilderness, or whose business calls...
12 hours 31 minutes
Exploration
531
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
