PDF Books in Adventurers & Explorers Biography
The Great Frozen Sea
by Albert Hastings MarkhamThe Great Frozen Sea is written by Albert Hastings Markham, a British explorer who has served Royal Navy for many years. His adventurous journey to the arctic ocean has been narrated by him in a thrilling fashion. During his travel he met many creatures from lovable seals to most dangerous polar bears. While you finish reading this book. many of..
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World
by James CookCaptain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World is written by James Cook, a British explorer and navigator who has served Royal Navy. His ability to lead men in adverse conditions made him to complete three Voyages and including the ultimate third voyage to pacific which costs his life at Hawaii Islands in a fight. This book is a ..
A Voyage Round the World
by George AnsonA Voyage Round the World is a true account of historical circumnavigation by the Great Britain’s Commodore George Anson. While he was successful in his mission to capture Spain’s Pacific possessions, however the voyage turned down to be a tragic end for the crew as only 10% of them survived after being victimized for diseases while they cruis..
My Life at Sea
by W. Caius CrutchleyMy Life at Sea is an autobiography of the COMMANDER W. CAIUS CRUTCHLEY, a sailor who began his life at sea in sailing-ships, in the age of the Black Ball liners, the Baltimore clipper-ships, and those perfect specimens of naval architecture built in Aberdeen for the China tea trade. Captain Crutchley tells of the hardships of the sea. He gives stir..
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3)
by James Augustus St. JohnThe Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 2 (of 3) written by James Augustus St. John contains biographies of the below explorers. Joseph Pitton de TournefortDr. Thomas ShawFrederic HasselquistLady Wortley MontagueRichard PocockeJohn BellJohn LedyardGeorge ForsterJames BruceJonas HanwayAntonio de Ulloa..
The Book of Gallant Vagabonds
by Henry BestonThere are times when everyone wants to be a vagabond, and go down the road to adventure, strange peoples, the mountains, and the sea. The bonds of convention, however, are many and strong, and only a few ever break them and go. In this book I have gathered together the strange and romantic lives of actual wanderers who did what so many have wished ..
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 3
by James Augustus St. JohnMUNGO PARK: This enterprising and distinguished traveller was born on the 10th of September, 1771, at Fowlshiels, a farm occupied by his father on the banks of the Yarrow, near Selkirk. In common with the greater number of the sons of Scottish yeomen, Mungo Park, notwithstanding that the number of his brothers and sisters amounted to no less than t..