Travel Books

Following the Equator

Mark Twain

Following the Equator is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to investing heavily into the failed Pa..

To the Gold Coast for Gold

Sir Richard Francis Burton

The following extract from 'Wanderings in West Africa,' a book which I wrote in 1862 and published (anonymously) in 1863, will best explain the reasons which lately sent me to Western Africa:—In sever..

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Henry David Thoreau

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is a book by Henry David Thoreau. It is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau..

Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England

Daniel Defoe

Tour Through the Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Dafoe is an enjoyable travel memoir. She plays with the reader's imagination and portrays scenic beauty with such delight that the reader is drag..

From London to Land's End

Daniel Defoe

From London to Land's End is travel literature by Daniel Defoe. At the end of this book there are a couple of letters from a volume of the “Travels in England” which were not by Defoe, although resemb..

The Uncommercial Traveller

Charles Dickens

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Trave..

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Nellie Bly

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was i..

Abroad with the Jimmies

Lilian Bell

If the critical public had cared to snub Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie and Bee, I, who am a fighting champion of theirs, would never have run the risk of boring it by a further chronicle of their travels. But f..