A Year in a Yawl
A Year in a Yawl: A true tale of the adventures of four boys in a thirty-foot yawl. From the log of Capt. Ransom. A Year in a Yawl is the true tale of four adventurous boys who spend a … Read more and download PDF
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Hiram Bingham III: Across South America
Many people believe that the (re)discoverer of Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham III was the real-world model for Indiana Jones – and whether or not that is true, well, who knows? Actually, Bingham was not an archeologist by training. But he … Read more and download PDF
The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca. This expedition was a total disaster. The story has it all. Great expectations, five Spanish galleons and 600 men heading for the New World with guns, golden dreams and civilisation building ambitions. … Read more and download PDF
Nellie Bly: Around the World in 72 Days (1890)
“I want to go around the world! I want to go around in eighty days or less. I think I can beat Phileas Fogg’s record. May I try it?” When investigative reporter Nellie Bly approached her editor in 1889, he was … Read more and download PDF
The Gift
The Gift – Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies is the anthropological classic on economy, society and sociology by the french sociologist Marcel Mauss. The book investigates the gift as predecessor for modern societies economies by comparing habits … Read more and download PDF
The Voyages of the Norsemen to America
THE VOYAGES OF THE NORSEMEN TO AMERICA is an impressive historical presentation of the travels by the Vikings to America. The book was written by the dane William Hovgaard and published in English in 1914. His aim was to collect … Read more and download PDF
Walden – Life in the Woods
Walden; or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau is possibly the most famous, beloved, and influential book about living in and close to nature. Which is what Thoreau did for two years, two months, and two days (1845-1847). From … Read more and download PDF
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus – And how he received and imparted the spirit of discovery by Justin Windsor (1831-1897) was published in 1891. The book is nearly 700 pages long and because of the many images and photos of letters, maps, and … Read more and download PDF
Peru Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas
Peru Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the Incas by E. George Squier, U. S. Commissioner to Peru. This book was published in 1877 and it is a thoroughly work on the Peru, its people, geography, climate, … Read more and download PDF
Life and Adventure in the South Pacific
Life and Adventure in the South Pacific is the first hand account of five years of hard work on the whaling ship Emily Morgan of New Bedford in Massachusetts. The book draws on two young mens logbooks and recollections from … Read more and download PDF
Paradise in the Pacific
Paradise in the Pacific with the subtitle A Book of Travel, Adventure and Fact in the Sandwich Islands is the account from a journey by ship to the Hawaiian Islands by William R. Bliss in the 1870s. Bliss describes in … Read more and download PDF
A Day with a Tramp and other days
A Day with a Tramp and other days. In the summer of 1891, the young Walter A. Wyckoff set out on a journey. He took on the roads from Connecticut to California with not a dollar in his pocket to … Read more and download PDF
Best Railway Stories edited by L. T. C. Rolt
Best Railway Stories edited by L. T. C. Rolt. Heres a goodie for adventurous boys and girls at all ages. Dramatic stories from the heydays of railroads. This fascinating collection of stories captures its essence superbly and is as colourful, … Read more and download PDF