Travel & Geography

Aljaska (Alaska) en de Canada-spoorweg

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Anonymous


Toeristisch verslag van een reis naar Canada en Alaska, in 1892 gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift "De Aarde en haar volken". We gaan…

Exeter

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Frederick W. Heath and Sidney Heath


Exeter, county town of Devon, is one of England's most historic cities with remains of the Roman occupation and medieval times still on view…

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 10. October 1896

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the October Number. It includes the following articles:* California by the Hon. Ge…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 03. March 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, the March Number.It includes the following articles:Dwellings of the Saga-…

The Story of Geographical Discovery: How the World Became Known

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Joseph Jacobs


This book was first published in 1897. It's a short work, but it encompasses a vast subject—nothing less than determining the detailed geogr…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 12. December 1897

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number.It includes the following articles:A Special Announc…

Venetian Life

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Dean Howells


William Dean Howells was American Consul to Venice for four years. His term ended in 1865. He wrote about the city, and the culture of the V…

Over The Rocky Mountains To Alaska

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Charles Warren Stoddard


This 1899 travelogue is by one of the era’s most popular travel writers. A peek in how travel used to be. - Summary by David Wales

White Mountain Trails

Read by J. M. Smallheer


Winthrop Packard


"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

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Mark Twain


This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

Op Walcheren

Read by Marcel Coenders


Jacobus Craandijk


Op Walcheren is een reisverslag uit de reeks 'Wandelingen door Nederland met pen en potlood'. Er worden 3 wandelingen beschreven. Een stadsw…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 06. June 1898

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National Geographic Society


The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, June 1898, the Philippines Number.It includes the following articles:The P…

Four Months in a Sneak-Box

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Nathaniel H. Bishop


The kind reception by the American press of the author's first journey to the great southern sea, and its republication in Great Britain and…

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 04. April 1898

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The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, April 1898, the Klondike Number.It includes the following articles:The Nor…

This Giddy Globe

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Oliver Herford


Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sid…

American Scenery, Vol. 2

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Nathaniel Parker Willis


Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…

The Story of London

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones


Henry B. Wheatley


A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…

The Story of Cairo

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Stanley Lane-Poole


Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza located at its outskirts, the city as we know it today dates back on…

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