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.
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
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. 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
Van Wert’s Travels in Asia and Africa was first published in 1884 and is the dramatized travel logs from his year longs expeditions Northern Africa, the Middle East, and India. The book among his other works, such as Van Wert’s … Read more and download PDF
In this book the story is told of adventures and discoveries in astronomy from the star-gazing astrologers of Babylon and China to the astrophysicists of today. Until about 1500 A.D. the Greeks were foremost in the field of cosmic speculation. … Read more and download PDF
Wonderful Balloon Ascents or The Conquest of the Skies by F. Marion is a history on balloons and Balloon Voyages published in 1870 at the height of the European balloon craze. The book is richly illustrated with copperplate picture depicting popular attempts … Read more and download PDF
Travels in the Interior of Africa is the account of the explorer Mungo Park (1771-1806), a Scottish physician and doctor who dedicated his life to the mapping of Africa. During 1795 and 1796 he traveled through Gambia and Senegal … Read more and download PDF
Journal of the first Voyage of Columbus is the English translation of the logs and journals from the discovery of America – or “Indies” as Christopher Columbus called it. The book describes in details the life on board the ships, … Read more and download PDF