Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver

Swift, Jonathan. Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver, en divers pays eloignez ... La Haye: G. vander Poel, 1730.

Les Voyages de Gulliver ou Les Voyages extraordinaires de Gulliver (en anglais Gulliver’s Travels) est un roman satirique écrit par Jonathan Swift en 1721. Une version censurée et modifiée par son éditeur paraît pour la première fois en 1726 ; ce n’est qu’en 1735 qu’il paraîtra en version complète. Il apparaît pour la première fois en français sous le titre Voyages du capitaine Lemuel Gulliver au xviiie siècle, traduit par l’abbé Desfontaines.

 

Download ebook

Atlas of discovery

Roberts, Gail. Atlas of Discovery. New York: Crown Publishers, 1973.

The story of exploration is the story of history's greatest adventures, resounding with tales of courage and of achievement in the face of impossible odds. It is a story that begins far back in the mists of time, and that even now is not complete. For, although little of the earth remains unknown, man is constantly seeking new worlds to conquer, or fresh deeds to dare.

This atlas tells the story of man's gradual discovery of his world. The form was chosen so that the route each pioneer followed could be plotted in detail; and the maps showing the explorers' journeys are augmented by others, picturing the world as it was thought to be in the time of the explorers, and showing political and geographical features of their day. The maps are linked and amplified by the text, which describes the discoverers, their motives, and their explorations into the unknown world.

In an introduction compiled posthumously from the writings of Sir Francis Chichester, one of the present century's greatest adventurers. Sir Francis describes the search for challenge and achievement that was the moving spirit of his life, and of the lives of many of the explorers who have helped to open up the world. Thereafter, first in chronological, then in geographical framework, the history of discovery unfolds. From the first wanderings of primitive men. and civilization's earliest recorded expeditions, it leads through the epic journeys of exploration to man's latest adventure—the space flights of the present century.

 

Download ebook

A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy

Sterne, Laurence. A Sentimental Journey through France & Italy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1905.

 

Download ebook

From Paris to New York by Land

De Windt, Harry. From Paris to New York by Land. London: G. Newnes, 1904.

"What was the object of this stupendous voyage, or the reward to be gained by this apparently unnecessary risk of life and endurance of hardships?" Harry De Windt's aim was to find out if a railway that connected Paris and New York could be constructed - from today's point of view an almost incredible purpose and effort. Originally published in 1903.

 

Download ebook

Notes de voyage d’un globe-trotter

Anger, Benjamin. Notes de voyage d’un globe-trotter, par le Dr Benj. Anger. Lille: impr. de L. Danel, 1890.

À mon retour de voyage, M. E. Marbeau, directeur de la Revue Française de l'Étranger

et des Colonies me pria de lui confier mes notes qui furent imprimées par ses soins. Elles furent l'objet d'appréciations bienveillantes de quelques critiques et en particulier de M. Aug. Marcade qui voulut bien en publier des extraits dans ses articles de quinzaine au Figaro, ce dont je lui suis très reconnaissant. Dispersées dans une dizaine de numéros de la Revue Française , la lecture en était difficile et c'est pour la rendre plus aisée que j'ai réuni les articles déjà publiés, dans ce modeste volume: Notes de voyage d'un Globe-Trotter.

Le nom anglais de Globe-Trotter a été adopté pour designer les touristes assez nombreux aujourd'hui qui font sans pretention le voyage assez facile aujourd'hui

du tour du monde. Un certain nombre de ces voyageurs ont donné d'intéressantes relations de leur voyage.

 

Download ebook

Illustrated Travels

Bates, Henry Walter. Illustrated Travels : A Record of Discovery, Geography and Adventure. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1869.

 

Download ebook


Rest not
Life is sweeping by
go and dare before you die.
Something mighty and sublime,
leave behind to conquer time.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We use cookies

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience (tracking cookies). You can decide for yourself whether you want to allow cookies or not. Please note that if you reject them, you may not be able to use all the functionalities of the site.