PDF Books in History of Expeditions & Discoveries
New Discoveries at Jamestown
by John L. CotterNew Discoveries at Jamestown is historical nonfiction work written by John Lambert Cotter, an American archaeologist. This book explores the 16th century Jamestown, the first English settlement in America. Over 300 years of Jamestown culture has been narrated with illustrative pictures which explores the daily life of Jamestown including the houses..
Anecdotes of Invention and Discovery
by W.W.SwyneAnecdotes of Invention and Discovery briefs the most popular inventions which had great impact on modern civilization are written by British author W.W.Swyne. As mentioned in the author’s preface that it is true that Great Britain has raised itself as the great place to power by the eminent persons adventures into the unknown regions of art, ..
The Panama Canal
by Duncan E. McKinlayThe idea of constructing an artificial water-way between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Panama is as old as the discovery of America. Christopher Columbus, in early life, became converted to the idea that the world was round, and his studies led him to believe that by sailing in a direct course and sailing far enough, he could circumnavigate the..
Pioneer Life in Illinois
by F. M. PerrymanPioneer Life in Illinois written by F. M. PERRYMAN explores the life at Illinois from many view points. As the author himself has been born and brought up at Illinois, there is a nativity and originality to his work. As mentioned in the preface of the book, the author says "IN presenting this little book to the public, the author would not dar..
Opening the West with Lewis and Clark
by Edwin L. SabinAs time passes, the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition, fathered by the great President Jefferson, should shine brighter and brighter amidst the other pages of American history. The purchase of the Province of Louisiana was opposed by many citizens. They were ignorant and short-sighted; they asserted that here was a useless burden of waste land fitt..
Seville
by Albert Frederick CalvertThere is a charm and compelling fascination about Seville which produces in the traveller visiting the city for the first time a sensation of physical ecstasy. The spell of the Pearl of Andalusia is instant and enduring; I have not met a man or woman proof against its witchery. George Borrow shed tears of rapture as he beheld Seville from the Crist..
Catalonia & The Balearic Islands
by Albert Frederick CalvertEvery stranger who crosses the Pyrenees knows that Catalonia differs in many important respects from every other province in the kingdom. He has heard that the natives speak of going into Spain as if they lived outside of it; he knows that they speak a tongue different from the Castilian; that their enterprise and activity distinguish them favourab..
The Cameroons
by Albert Frederick CalvertAlthough the designs, which German philosophers conceived and German statesmen and strategists spent thirty years in perfecting, for the conquest of our Cape territories and the creation of a Greater Germany extending from the Mediterranean to Table Bay, are best illustrated and exposed by the defiantly defensive policy they pursued in South-West A..