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Books in the Travel and Exploration genre:

Bracebridge Hall (1896)

An account of an American author’s time in Old England. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Washington Irving
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

East Coast Scenery (1899)

A travel guide to the East Coast of England. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899)

A collection of stories about animals, mainly true. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1900)

The Autograph Edition, limited to 500 sets, includes 135 plates. The frontispiece in each volume is in color and also in black and white, the latter signed by the artist. The Old Manse Edition has only 100 plates but was printed from the same type an... View More

Westminster Abbey (1900)

A guide to the famous church. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): G. E. Troutbeck
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

A Woman Tenderfoot (1900)

A young woman goes camping in the mountain West. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read for free online at the Library of Congress. For a faster download go to: Hathit... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

First Across the Continent (1901)

The first popular account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806.

Author(s): Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Et al

The Visit to London (1902)

Poems and pictures of a visit to London.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Buckinghamshire (1903)

A “Little Guide” to the English county. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): E. S. Roscoe
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Kent (1903)

A visitor’s guide to the English county of Kent. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): George Clinch
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Land of Little Rain (1903)

A collection of essays about the land and people of California. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Mary Austin
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Isle of Wight (1905)

A vistor’s guide to the island off the south coast of England. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): George Clinch
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Nimrod’s Wife (1907)

The wife of the nature writer gives her impressions of their camping adventures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

A Handbook to Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba (1909)

This handbook was prepared for the 79th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. One chapter is by Seton. It is called Fauna of Manitoba. Read this book for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Arctic Prairies (1912)

The true story of Ernest Thompson Seton’s 2000-mile, six-month canoe journey across northern Canada in 1907 in search of caribou. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Robert Lawson's World War I Sketchbook (1918)

During his deployment in France, Robert Lawson sketched the local scenery. More images are available online at freelibrary.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)

Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European ... View More

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Life on the Mississippi (1927)

Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart

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