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.