Travel Stories

A blend of travel narrative, memoir, natural history, and philosophical reflection.

A five-week journey across the African continent in a specially designed hydrogen balloon called the Victoria.

The book is a non-fictional travelogue and personal journal from Lewis's time managing a Jamaican sugar plantation.

The story is framed as a tale told by a seaman to fellow sailors aboard a boat anchored on the Thames River.

A nonfiction book that offers a vivid and lyrical portrait of California's natural beauty, cultural diversity, and regional character.

A posthumously published account of Thoreau’s canoe trip through the remote lakes and rivers of Maine, accompanied by his guide.

The story follows Anna-Rose and Anna-Felicitas von Twinkler, a pair of German-English orphaned twin sisters.

Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897.

A collection of biographical and adventure sketches in which Powell tells the stories of famous explorers, adventurers, and soldiers of fortune.

Four English women decide to rent a castle in Italy for a month in April to escape the drudgery of their daily routines.