Free Public Domain PDF e-books about adventurers, explorers, sailors and mountaineers from all over the world – and exciting novels of adventure. Be inspired and learn how the world was discovered.
It was bad news for Robert Falcon Scott, when his party reached the South Pole on January 1912 – and found that the Norwegian Amundsen-expedition had been there 34 days before. Even worse, Scott’s entire party perished on the way back. … Read more and download PDF
“By what name ought I address you?” “Sir,” replied the commander, “I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.” Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea … Read more and download PDF
Queen Charlotte Islands: A Narrative Of Discovery And Adventure In The North Pacific by Francis Poole. “This is a land of enchantment. As far as the eye can reach either way is a picture of loveliness, such varied and magnificent … Read more and download PDF
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is – even though fictional – perhaps the most famous story about high adventure, pirates, betrayal, and gold. Lots, lots & lots of gold! Countless kids and adults have dreamt themselves away to the … Read more and download PDF
As the world groans under the global spreading of the corona-virus, it is worth remembering one of the true pioneers in disease control. As one of the very first, the British physician Edward Jenner popularized the concept of immunization through … Read more and download PDF