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.
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
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL was a resolute Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Second World War. Furthermore, he inspired millions of Europeans to “keep buggering on” when all seemed lost in the epic struggle with Nazi-Germany. He was also an … Read more and download PDF
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
Up the Nile and Home again – A handbook for Travellers and Travel-book for the Library is the account of a travel in Egypt by boat up and down the Nile. The book, by F. W. Fairholt, was published in … 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
The Land of the White Elephant with the subtitle Sight and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia a Personal Narrative of Travel and Adventure in Farther India is the accounts of Frank Vincent’s travels in 1871-1872 in India, Burma, Siam and Cochin-China. … Read more and download PDF
Impressions of Indian Travel was written by the British orientalist Oscar Browne and published in 1903 after his travels in India. He visited large parts of Northern India and traveled by train and boat and this book is based on … Read more and download PDF
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
Argonauts of the western Pacific is the accounts of a series of anthropological expeditions known as the Robert Mond Expedition to New Guinea, 1914-1918. It has been described as a great classic of anthropological research. The scope of the expeditions … Read more and download PDF
Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska by Frederick Whymper is the accounts of travels to the Arctic America, at that time known as Russian America, in the middle of the 1800′. The book was published in 1868 and … Read more and download PDF
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
The First Crossing of Spitsbergen, Svalbard, is an account originally published in 1897 of an journey of exploration and survey to the Arctic. The author Sir William Martin Conway describes several mountain ascents, boat expeditions in the ice fjord, voyages … Read more and download PDF
Heart of Darkness is one of the most read and thoroughly analyzed adventure novels of all time. On the face of it, the book is a fairly straightforward tale about the narrator Marlow’s journey on a small steamboat up the … Read more and download PDF
South! The story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition (1914–1917) is still considered one of the single most dramatic, thrilling and exhausting adventures during the so-called Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. In “South!”, Shackleton tells the whole story in … Read more and download PDF
My Experiences at Nan Shan and Port Arthur with the Fifth East Siberia Rifles is the accounts of Lieutenant-General Tretyakov, commander of the Western Section of the Defences from the battles for the possession of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese … Read more and download PDF