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lost world and exploration fiction34% of collection
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Bismya; or The lost city of Adab : a story of adventure, of exploration, and of excavation among the ruins of the oldest of the buried cities of BabyloniaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologiesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Annals of Platte County, Missouri, from its exploration down to June 1, 1897; with genealogies of its noted families, and sketches of its pioneers and distinguished people ..Author: Classic Public Domain
Minutes of the Council and General court of colonial Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676, with notes and excerpts from original Council and General court records, into 1683, now lostAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War, from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918Author: Classic Public Domain
Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States during the World WarAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Eastern Kentucky papers; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy Valley in the Virginias and KentuckyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Shakespeare's lost years in London : giving new light on the pre-Sonnet period, showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, and displaying John Florio as Sir John FalstaffAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Gildae De excidio Britanniae, fragmenta, liber de paenitentia, accedit et Lorica Gildae : The ruin of Britain, Fragments from lost letters, The penitential, together with The Lorica of Gildas. EditedAuthor: Hugh Williams
The voice of Africa : being an account of the travels of the German Inner African Exploration Expedition in the years 1910-1912Author: Classic Public Domain
A naturalist in Western China : with vasculum, camera, and gun, being some account of eleven year's travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts of the flowery kingdom;Author: Classic Public Domain
Through Jubaland to the Lorian swamp; an adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unexplored Lorian swampAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A star in the west, or, A humble attempt to discover the long lost ten tribes of Israel: preparatory to their return to their beloved city, JerusalemAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Applied Anatomy: Designed for the Use of Osteopathic Students and Practitioners as an Aid in the Anatomical Exploration of Disease from an Osteopathic ViewpointAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Sand-buried ruins of Khotan : personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan; with mapAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The fishermen's memorial and record book : containing a list of vessels and their crews lost from the port of Gloucester from the year 1830 to October 1, 1873 ...Author: Classic Public Domain
The desert of the Exodus : journeys on foot in the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings : undertaken in connexion with the ordnance survey of Sinai, and the Palestine exploration fundAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The lost world; being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily gazette."Author: Classic Public Domain
A list of the officers and enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps, who lost their lives while serving overseas during the World WarAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The evolution of a coast-line, Barrow to Aberystwyth and the Isle of Man, with notes on lost towns, submarine discoveries, &cAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The journal of an expedition across Venezuela and Colombia, 1906-1907; an exploration of the route of Bolivar's celebrated march of 1819 and of the battle-fields of Boyacá and CaraboboAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Biography of Frances Slocum, the lost sister of Wyoming. A complete narrative of her captivity and wanderings among the IndiansAuthor: Classic Public Domain
An illustrated history of the state of Iowa, being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875;Author: Classic Public Domain
No Man's Land : a history of Spitsbergen from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the scientific exploration of the countryAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The highest Andes : a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleysAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farminton, Conn. The male branches brought down to 1882. The female branches one generation after the Clark name is lost in marriageAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Underground Jerusalem: an account of some of the principal difficulties encountered in its exploration and the results obtained. With a narrative of an expedition through the Jordan Valley and a visit to the SamaritansAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journeyAuthor: Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605; with family genealogiesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Unknown Mexico; a record of five years' exploration among the tribes of the western Sierra Madre; in the tierra caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and among the Tarascos of MichoacanAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The voyages of the Venetian brothers, Nicolò & Antonio Zeno, to the northern seas in the XIVth century : comprising the latest known accounts of the lost colony of Greenland and of the Northmen in America before ColumbusAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Two summers in the ice-wilds of eastern Karakoram; the exploration of nineteen hundred square miles of mountain and glacierAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The war between the Union and the Confederacy : and its lost opportunities : with a history of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the forty-eight battles in which it was engaged ... the war between the United States and SpainAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Oregon's honor roll. Names of officers and enlisted men from Oregon who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces during the world warAuthor: Classic Public Domain
In the wilds of South America; six years of exploration in Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and BrazilAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Discourse on the evidences of the American Indians being the descendants of the lost tribes of Israel [microform] : delivered before the Mercantile Library Association, Clinton HallAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase DouayAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Ice-bound on Kolguev : a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the islandAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The lost tribes and the Saxons of the East and of the west, with new views of Buddhism, and translations of rock-records in IndiaAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian institutionAuthor: Classic Public Domain
History of the General Slocum disasterAuthor: which nearly 1200 lives were lost by the burning of the steamer General Slocum in Hell gate, New York harbor, June 15,1904
Remains of lost empires: sketches of the ruins of Palmyra, Nineveh, Babylon, and Persepolis, with some notes on India and the Cashmerian HimalayasAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Lost World and Exploration Fiction Book Collection
Discover 125 carefully selected public-domain books about lost world and exploration fiction. This focused archive brings together practical manuals, illustrated references and important historical works in one searchable collection.
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Paradise lost, in twelve books
Bismya; or The lost city of Adab : a story of adventure, of exploration, and of excavation among the ruins of the oldest of the buried cities of Babylonia
Peru; incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas
The exploration of the world
The lost world
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Bismya; or The lost city of Adab : a story of adventure, of exploration, and of excavation among the ruins of the oldest of the buried cities of Babylonia
Milton's Paradise lost
A history of Randolph County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time
The lost language of symbolism : an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies
Annals of Platte County, Missouri, from its exploration down to June 1, 1897; with genealogies of its noted families, and sketches of its pioneers and distinguished people ..
The lost world
Paradise lost. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Edited by Henry C. Walsh
Paradise lost
The history of Barbour County, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time
The lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament, their titles and fragments;
Revelation of Genesis. "The lost ages." From Ethiopian manuscripts of an anonymous, in eight volumes
The Lost Keys Of Masonry Manly P Hall 1923
The history of Upshur county, West Virginia, from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time ..
Paradise lost, in twelve books
Minutes of the Council and General court of colonial Virginia, 1622-1632, 1670-1676, with notes and excerpts from original Council and General court records, into 1683, now lost
Paradise lost as originally published by John Milton : being a facsimile reproduction of the first ed
The heart of Arabia, a record of travel and exploration
Officers and enlisted men of the United States Navy who lost their lives during the World War, from April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918
The universe pictures in Milton's Paradise lost; an illustrated study for personal and class use
New Sayings of Jesus and fragment of a lost Gospel from Oxyrhynchus;
La traviata = The lost one : a grand opera in three acts
Peru; incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas
The history of the ten lost tribes; Anglo-Israelism examined
The lost towns of the Yorkshire coast and other chapters bearing upon the geography of the district
Abraham Lincoln's lost speech, May 29, 1856
Lucy Keyes, the lost child of Wachusett Mountain
Coptic ostraca : from the collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and others
First footsteps in East Africa : or, An exploration of Harar
Symbolic mythology and translation of a lost and forgotten language
Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the United States during the World War
Eastern Kentucky papers; the founding of Harman's Station, with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and the exploration and settlement of the Big Sandy Valley in the Virginias and Kentucky
Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund
Lost Arcadia: or, The story of my old community
Shakespeare's lost years in London : giving new light on the pre-Sonnet period, showing the inception of relations between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, and displaying John Florio as Sir John Falstaff
A history of Indiana from its exploration to 1850
Gildae De excidio Britanniae, fragmenta, liber de paenitentia, accedit et Lorica Gildae : The ruin of Britain, Fragments from lost letters, The penitential, together with The Lorica of Gildas. Edited by Hugh Williams
Tangier, England's lost Atlantic outpost, 1661-1684
The voice of Africa : being an account of the travels of the German Inner African Exploration Expedition in the years 1910-1912
The Congo and the founding of its free state; a story of work and exploration
A naturalist in Western China : with vasculum, camera, and gun, being some account of eleven year's travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts of the flowery kingdom;
Lost Notebook and Other Unpublished Papers
Through Jubaland to the Lorian swamp; an adventurous journey of exploration & sport in the unknown African forests & deserts of Jubaland to the unexplored Lorian swamp
Lost Illusions
Lost Indian magic; a mystery story of the red man as he lived before the white men came
Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840-1845. Archéologie
The Lost Princess of OZ
The exploration of the world
In northern mists; Arctic exploration in early times
A star in the west, or, A humble attempt to discover the long lost ten tribes of Israel: preparatory to their return to their beloved city, Jerusalem
The Lost World Of The Kalahari
The lost cities of Ceylon
Applied Anatomy: Designed for the Use of Osteopathic Students and Practitioners as an Aid in the Anatomical Exploration of Disease from an Osteopathic Viewpoint
Sand-buried ruins of Khotan : personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan; with map
The fishermen's memorial and record book : containing a list of vessels and their crews lost from the port of Gloucester from the year 1830 to October 1, 1873 ...
The fishermen's own book, comprising the list of men and vessels lost from the port of Gloucester, Mass.
Wild Spain ... records of sport with rifle, rod, and gun, natural history and exploration
Anglo-Israel, or, The Saxon race proved to be the lost tribes of Israel
Lost for a woman [microform]
The lost beauties of the English language: an appeal to authors, poets, clergymen and public speakers
The desert of the Exodus : journeys on foot in the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings : undertaken in connexion with the ordnance survey of Sinai, and the Palestine exploration fund
Paradise lost. : A poem in twelve books.
The lost world; being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E. D. Malone of the "Daily gazette."
The lost gold mine of the Hudson
The recovery of Jerusalem : a narrative of exploration and discovery in the city and the Holy Land
A list of the officers and enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps, who lost their lives while serving overseas during the World War
Francis Bacon and his secret society. An attempt to collect and unite the lost links of a long and strong chain
The evolution of a coast-line, Barrow to Aberystwyth and the Isle of Man, with notes on lost towns, submarine discoveries, &c
The winning of the west; an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific
The journal of an expedition across Venezuela and Colombia, 1906-1907; an exploration of the route of Bolivar's celebrated march of 1819 and of the battle-fields of Boyacá and Carabobo
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria
Our Lady's dowry, or, How England gained and lost that title
Lost books and records quoted in the Old Testament
Lost in the backwoods [microform] : a tale of the Canadian forest
Biography of Frances Slocum, the lost sister of Wyoming. A complete narrative of her captivity and wanderings among the Indians
The Lost Trail
Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba
A book of discovery. The history of the world's exploration, from the earliest times to the finding of the South Pole;
The heart of Arabia; a record of travel & exploration
Round Kangchenjunga; a narrative of mountain travel and exploration
An illustrated history of the state of Iowa, being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875;
Acadia : missing links of a lost chapter in American history
No Man's Land : a history of Spitsbergen from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the scientific exploration of the country
Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie : Géographie comparée de la province romaine d'Afrique
The highest Andes : a record of the first ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the exploration of the surrounding valleys
The lost art of meditation
A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farminton, Conn. The male branches brought down to 1882. The female branches one generation after the Clark name is lost in marriage
Underground Jerusalem: an account of some of the principal difficulties encountered in its exploration and the results obtained. With a narrative of an expedition through the Jordan Valley and a visit to the Samaritans
Farthest north; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96, and of a fifteen months' sleigh journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen
The lands of silence, a history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration
Travels in the Atlas and southern Morocco : a narrative of exploration
History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605; with family genealogies
Unknown Mexico; a record of five years' exploration among the tribes of the western Sierra Madre; in the tierra caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and among the Tarascos of Michoacan
In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan : being the record of three years' exploration
The voyages of the Venetian brothers, Nicolò & Antonio Zeno, to the northern seas in the XIVth century : comprising the latest known accounts of the lost colony of Greenland and of the Northmen in America before Columbus
The lost Apocrypha of the Old Testament
Mount Rainier : a record of exploration
The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891.
Two summers in the ice-wilds of eastern Karakoram; the exploration of nineteen hundred square miles of mountain and glacier
Spanish exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706
The war between the Union and the Confederacy : and its lost opportunities : with a history of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the forty-eight battles in which it was engaged ... the war between the United States and Spain
Lost ships and lonely seas
Oregon's honor roll. Names of officers and enlisted men from Oregon who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces during the world war
In the wilds of South America; six years of exploration in Columbia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil
Discourse on the evidences of the American Indians being the descendants of the lost tribes of Israel [microform] : delivered before the Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall
The great white North; the story of polar exploration from the earliest times to the discovery of the Pole
The Paradise lost
Actual Africa; or, The coming continent; a tour of exploration
Africa and its exploration : as told by its explorers
Anglo-Israel: or The British nation the lost tribes of Israel.
Mexico. California and Arizona; being a new and revised edition of Old Mexico and her lost provinces;
The Lost Jewels
Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay
The dawn of modern geography. A history of exploration and geographical science ..
A naturalist's wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago; a narrative of travel and exploration from 1878 to 1883
In Search of Lost Time: Volume 1 Swann's Way
Paradise Lost With Notes For Indian Students
The Lost Phoebe
Ice-bound on Kolguev : a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the island
In Tibet and Chinese Turkistan being the record of three years exploration
Mountaineering and exploration in the Japanese Alps
The lost land of King Arthur
The lost tribes and the Saxons of the East and of the west, with new views of Buddhism, and translations of rock-records in India
Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and its tributaries : Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the direction of the secretary of the Smithsonian institution
History of the General Slocum disaster by which nearly 1200 lives were lost by the burning of the steamer General Slocum in Hell gate, New York harbor, June 15,1904
Remains of lost empires: sketches of the ruins of Palmyra, Nineveh, Babylon, and Persepolis, with some notes on India and the Cashmerian Himalayas
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