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Travel Narratives
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Travel & Geography Archive: Books on Travel, Geography, and Exploration
The Travel & Geography Archive provides access to 94 public-domain books spanning travel narratives, geography, exploration, and accounts of places and peoples. With contributions from 123 authors, the collection covers a range of historical and geographical perspectives. These texts are drawn from public-domain sources and organized into categories for easy browsing.
94 public-domain works123 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Geography
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Exploration
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Places Peoples
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Travel & Geography — Editor’s Selection
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Geography
A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-sl...
Authored by Authors: Thoreau, Henry David, 181..., 'A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-sl...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Geography category. Thoreau's travelogue of a brief 1850 trip to Quebec and Montreal, paired with his anti-slavery and reform essays, reveals a writer more engaged with moral observation than scenic description. This volume offers essential insights for researchers and enthusiasts alike.
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Nicaragua — A Reader’s Guide
In Explora...
A year in China — Text and Context
In Geography
The wilds of Patagonia — A Close...
In Geography
On the borders of pigmy land — R...
In Geography
The end of the trail — Themes an...
In Geography
Reminiscences of the South Seas ...
In Geography
Our search for a wilderness — Re...
In Geography
Buttrick's voyages, 1812-1819; E...
In Geography
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Begin with Travel NarrativesOpen a focused route to works connected with Travel Narratives.Explore GeographyCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Geography.Read through ExplorationMove from introductory records to related works in Exploration.Browse Places PeoplesUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Places Peoples.
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