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

The story of how we get from here to there.

The story of an English lad who sails with Magellan around the world.

A collection of sea stories with illustrations by different artists.

Definitely a pre-crash book for the wealthy American abroad.

A guidebook to Vienna.

The author takes a small motor boat on the rivers of the France.

The author of the Hornblower saga takes a motor boat on the German inland waterways.

An intriguing historical document as well as travel book. It is a record of the places portrayed and an impression of the attitudes of the time. It tells of a series of journeys in the Far East, the West Indies and the South Sea Islands.

Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

A travel book.

Carlos, a parrot dealer, tells his life-story to a fellow passenger during a voyage from Bahia to New York.

Adventures with a fiddle in Hungary and Romania.

The story of how we get from here to there from shanks mare to airplane. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Miki and Mary take a world tour on an ocean liner and bring back souvenirs of their travels. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Adventures with a fiddle in Norther Spain.

The story of a little penguin.

The travels and adventures of a folk singer in Spain and the adjacent Barbary states. Frontis and title page by Rackham.

A history of the lands west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi, from Ponce de Leon to Jefferson.

The story of a cross-country auto trip in the 1930's.  Very practical advice.

 

Three young children whose homes have been destroyed when the Danube River floods, make their way to Geneva to get help from the United Nations.

The story of Johnson's protracted stay at Lake Paradise in Kenya.

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Each picture ask the question - how do you get from here to there? Lift the flap to find out if you were right.

In 1858, the Wild Wave, clipper, under Captain Josiah N. Knowles, departed San Francisco for New York. Barely a month later, they were wrecked on the reefs about Oeno Island. The captain and seven of the crew sailed to Pitcairn Island seeking help, a... View More

A history of vacations and vacationing.

The Doctor and his friends travel to darkest Africa to rescue an ancient turtle. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Eight drawings by Ardizzone.

The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.

Betsy spends a year in Europe and has to decide whether a handsome Italian is the one for her. Read online at archive.org.... View More

This short book includes American exploration at the poles by Peary and Byrd.

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Tales, true, legendary and fairy about the Moorish palace in Granada.

On a lavender blue day Anna Lavinia learns she is to visit her Aunt Sophia Maria, so she sets off next day with an umbrella, a gardenia bush, a carpetbag full of pawpaw jelly and her cat Strawberry.

Essays and cartoons about the author’s adventures abroad.

Huck is running away from his drunken father, Jim from an abusive master so they head down the Mississippi on a raft.  The Great American Novel.

 

Marguerite Clément gives a short history of France, a tour of her famous sites, a survey of her culture and something of the family life of the average French family in 1956... View More

The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.

This account of five great rivers traces the development of each river and the influence it has had on man. The Nile, the Amazon, the Yangtze, the Volga, and the Mississippi are the rivers discussed. Read online at archive.org.... View More

A look at rockets, how they work and what they can do.

The story of how Laplanders brought their herds of tame reindeer to succor the natives of Alaska.

An account of the legacy of the British Raj in India, not long after independence.

Captain Lemuel Gulliver travels to various strange lands from the Lilliputian to the Brobdingnagnian.

The people of Europe were eager to buy spices from the island nations of the far east.

A selection of stories and true accounts of travels.

This condensed version of Beat to Quarters is illustrated. The other contents of the volume include My Friend Flicka, Jane Eyre, and Alone.... View More

Miss Emily Guinea-Pig sets out on a sea voyage with a crew of seasick rabbits.

The story of a twelve days’ hiking and expedition in the south of France.

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A ship’s crew searches for underwater treasure and deals with a runaway locomotive.

A young boy of Puerto Rican parentage living in New York visits his relatives in the Commonwealth.

The King asks Demetrius, a sponge diver, to tell him what he finds on the bottom of the sea. Read online at Internet Archive.

This magazine piece was originally published in Signature, New Series 14 in 1951 and chronicles a holiday excursion to Normandy.

Another of Anno’s country books, this time about the Netherlands. The text is in English and Dutch.

Detailed illustrations of the growth of a Northern European settlement to a modern city.

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A new English translation illustrated by Alphonse de Neuville and Leon Benett of Jules Verne’s most popular adventure. Phineas Fogg sets out with his valet Passepartout to circle the globe in eighty days. What about that date line?

Journey through the enchanting cities and eras of Spain. Wander through the historic moments and find the hidden literary and artistic details of this intriguing country.

Phineas Fogg wagers he can travel around the world in just eighty days. The year is 1872 as he sets out on the adventure with his valet Passepartout.

To find your position at sea easily you need a very accurate clock. This book tells the story of the development of just such a clock. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

What would it be like to go to the moon?

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This is an anthology containing On the Way Home, West from Home and The Road Back Home, the story of Laura and Manly’s return to South Dakota in 1931.

On a lavender blue day Anna Lavinia learns she is to visit her Aunt Sophia Maria, so she sets off next day with an umbrella, a gardenia bush, a carpetbag full of pawpaw jelly and her cat Strawberry.