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Canyons of the Colorado
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John Wesley Powell
North America
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John Wesley Powell
1895
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From Normandy to the Pyrénées
Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
In the Heart of Africa
Château and Country Life in France
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Among the Tibetans
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In The Amazon Jungle
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'
American Encyclopedia - Travel
THE COLOSSEUM AND THE FORUM
Captain James Cook
THE DAWN OF A CENTURY OF DISCOVERY
CHAPTER II. Narrative of Captain Cook's first voyage round the world.
CHAPTER IV. Narrative of Captain Cook's second Voyage round the World.
FRENCH NAVIGATORS, I
AFRICAN EXPLORERS
Travels in Africa. Park, Denham, Clapperton, Lander, and Others
THE EXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION OF AFRICA, II
VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD, AND POLAR EXPEDITIONS
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
Schwatka's Search - Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records
The Mariner of St. Malo - A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile And Explorations of the Nile Sources
Normandy - The Scenery & Romance of its Ancient Towns
Travels through France and Italy
East of Paris - Sketches in the Gatinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne
Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay
The Golden Chersonese and The Way Thither
Wanderings by Southern Waters - Eastern Aquitaine
CHAPTER XIX. THE BLACK ANTELOPE.
CHAPTER VI. SHEIK ACHMET ABOU SINN.
CHAPTER XXXIII. ARRIVAL OF BARK "PALMETTO" - DRIVEN ASHORE BY GALE - DISCHARGING CARGO UNDER DIFFICULTIES - NEGRO CREW MUTINIES - LONELY TRIP TO ANADYRSK - STUPID KORAKS - EXPLOSIVE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I. THE EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XVII. THE NATIVES IN MOURNING.
Chapter VI. Up the Congo River. - The Slave Depot, Porto Da Lenha. - arrival at Boma.
CHAPTER XIV. OKHOTSK SEACOAST - LESNOI - THE "DEVIL'S PASS" - LOST IN SNOW-STORM - SAVED BY BRASS BOX - WILD SCENE
CHAPTER VII. The Queen City continued - Its beauties - Its inhabitants human and equine - An American church - Where chairs and bedsteads come from - Pigs and pork - A peep into Kentucky - Popular opinions respecting slavery - The curse of America.
CHAPTER XVII. A FRESH START - CROSSING THE SAMANKA MOUNTAINS - DESCENT ON A KORAK ENCAMPMENT - NOMADS AND THEIR TENTS - DOOR-HOLES AND DOGS - POLOGS - KORAK BREAD
CHAPTER XVI. Position of New York - Externals of the city - Conveyances - Maladministration - The stores - The hotels - Curiosities of the hospital - Ragged schools - The bad book - Monster schools - Amusements and oyster saloons - Monstrosities - A resta