18 books like The rise of our East African Empire

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Journal d'un voyage à Temboctou et à Jenné, dans l'Afrique centrale René Caillié · 1830 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Second book of 3. First person account of how René Caillié managed to get to Temboctou in 1828 ( and managed to get back to tell the story). This book , the book end when mister Caillié is following a caravan, trying to get back to African sea coast. Shares: Discovery and exploration, Africa, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel

Venture to the Interior Laurens van der Post · 1951 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A gripping, sometimes harrowing account of a British exploratory expedition into an uncharted region of southern Africa Shares: Colonies, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Travel

An account of the European settlements in America Edmund Burke · 1757 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Demanding An account of the European settlements in America: In six parts. ... In two volumes. ... [pt.1], William Burke. An account of the European settlements in America: In six parts. ... In two volumes. ... Burke, William, 1730-1798. Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797. 2v.,plates : maps ; 8⁰. London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. Anonymous. Probably a collaboration by William and Edmund Burke. With… Shares: Colonies, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Travel

Os Lusíadas Luís de Camões · 1572 · ★ 4.0 · 564p · ≈ 18h · Demanding Os Lusíadas, usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís de Camões and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-language literature and is frequently compared to Virgil's Aeneid. The work celebrates the discovery of a sea route to India by the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1469–1524). The ten cantos of the poem… Shares: Colonies, Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Travel

[Some historical account of Guinea] Anthony Benezet · 1771 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Some Historical Account of Guinea Anthony Benezet, French-born American abolitionist and educator (1713 – 1784) This ebook presents «Some Historical Account of Guinea», from Anthony Benezet. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents About This Book Introduction Chapter I Chapter Ii Chapter Iii Chapter Iv Chapter V Chapter Vi Chapter… Shares: Colonies, Africa, Description and travel, Travel

Autobiography of Lutfullah Lutfullah · 1857 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel, History

Travels to discover the source of the Nile James Bruce · 1790 · ★ 3.2 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Demanding Experiences of the Scottish explorer who rediscovered the source of the Nile on November 4, 1770. Shares: Discovery and exploration, Africa, Description and travel, Travel

Astoria Washington Irving · 1800 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging In 1811 a group of American traders built a fort at the mouth of the Columbia River, named Fort Astoria in honor of its financier, John Jacob Astor. Envisioned as the spur of a fur-trading empire, by 1813 the project was a business failure and the fort was surrendered to the British. But in its short life Astoria rendered incalculable benefits to public understanding of the Great Northwest. The… Shares: Discovery and exploration, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Canoeing in the wilderness Henry David Thoreau · 1916 · ★ 3.8 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Challenging From the great nature writer behind Walden comes an account of a trip he made into the wilderness. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 · 451p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain. Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Journey Without Maps Graham Greene · 1936 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This is an account of a trip Graham Greene made in 1935 with his cousin, Barbara Greene, through the previously unexplored interior of Liberia. It was an extremely uncomfortable journey, with Greene falling seriously ill halfway through the trip. Possibly as a result of this he also made a point of noting the many illnesses with which the local inhabitants were assailed, particularly malaria and… Shares: Description and travel, Travel

Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile John Hanning Speke · 1863 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging This classic book is Speke's firsthand account of his second expedition, an exciting blend of adventure, exploration, and geographic and ethnographic data. The book begins with the expedition's preparations, departure from London, and arrival at Zanzibar in 1859. They then undertake the hazardous march into the interior, encountering hostile tribes, dangerous animals, thieves, and other… Shares: Discovery and exploration, Africa, Description and travel, Travel

Journey to the shores of the Polar sea, in 1819-20-21-22 John Franklin · 1823 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Sir John Franklin's Narrative of the Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819-1822 recounts a hair-raising adventure of the "Golden Age of Discovery", the period from 1800 to 1847 when sailing ships from around the world feverishly searched for a Northwest Passage through the Arctic. Franklin entered the Royal Navy at the age of 14, went on his first exploratory voyage to… Shares: Discovery and exploration, Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Hills and the sea Hilaire Belloc · 1906 · 301p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Hills and the Sea, first published in 1906 to critical acclaim, collects thirty-eight of Hilaire Belloc's essays, spanning several periods of time and travel. Belloc captures the essence of each place he visits--whether on the gloomy English fens, or the sunny Provence and Languedoc regions of France, or navigating the North Sea in a leaky boat. Praised for his blend of wit and philosophy, Belloc… Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

Els viatges d'Ali Bei Ali Bey · 1814 · 465p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares: Africa, Description and travel, Travel

Plays Francis Beaumont · 1778 · 475p · ≈ 15h · Demanding The text of the present volume was passed for press by Arnold Glover and some progress had been made in his lifetime in the collection of the material given in the Appendix. Mrs. Glover’s help has again been most valuable in the completion of the work. The Elder Brother is printed entirely in prose in the Second Folio, and I have therefore printed in the Appendix the play in verse, as it appeared… Shares: Colonies, History

The Aran Islands J. M. Synge · 1906 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "In the late 1890s, John M. Synge, in his middle twenties and unsure of his vocations made his way to Paris intending to study French literature and become a literary critic. There he met William Butler Yeats. The eminent poet advised Synge to drop his involvements with fin de siecle French authors, return to Ireland, and describe a society with which he had some natural connection. Yeats… Shares: Descriptions et voyages, Description and travel, Travel

America Theodor de Bry · 1590 · 42p · ≈ 1h · Demanding Coastal/territorial waters included: Shares: Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Travel, History

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