Features some of the world's most transformative locales, from Norway's western fjords and Cambodia's Angkor Wat to Kyoto's Moss Garden and the urban surprises of Denver, Pittsburgh, and Vancouver.

The preface of this book tells that even though voyages are called mere "trips," distant lands didn't get more familiar. As the world became more open and voyages more often, the differences between foreign lands and continents became more evident as ever. This truth remains topical even today, 120 years after these words were put down on paper. Now "With the World's Great Travelers" lets you make a personal voyage through distance and time and see the most outstanding example of travel history in the world's literature. The book consists of essays by multiple authors, like Edward A. Pollard, a notable American Journalist; Charles Darwin, a famous scientist; Meriwether Lewis, a renowned explorer, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Howard Russell, the most celebrated foreign journalist in America during the times of the Civil War and many others. This work gives a deep insight into how the world and traveling looked a century ago.

This book contains multiple stories about travelling from the world's greatest travellers: New Dependencies of the United States (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winter and Summer in New England (HARRIET MARTINEAU) Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands (CHARLES MORRIS) From New York to Washington in 1866 (HENRY LATHAM) The Natural Bridge and Tunnel of Virginia (EDWARD A. POLLARD) Plantation Life in War Times (WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL) Among Florida Alligators (S. C. CLARKE) In the Mammoth Cave (THÉRÈSE YELVERTON) Down the Ohio and Mississippi (THOMAS L. NICHOLS) From New Orleans to Red River (FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED) Winter on the Prairies (G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH) A Hunter's Christmas Dinner (J. S. CAMPION) A Colorado "Round-Up" (ALFRED TERRY BACON) Among the Cow-boys (LOUIS C. BRADFORD) Hunting the Buffalo (WASHINGTON IRVING) In the Country of the Sioux (MERIWETHER LEWIS) The Great Falls of the Missouri (WILLIAM CLARKE) Hunting Scenes in Canadian Woods (B. A. WATSON) The Grand Falls of Labrador (HENRY G. BRYANT) Life Among the Esquimaux (WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY) Fugitives from the Arctic Seas (ELISHA KENT KANE) Rescued from Death (W. S. SCHLEY) The Muir Glacier (SEPTIMA M. COLLIS) A Summer Trip to Alaska (JAMES A. HARRISON) The Fort William Henry Massacre (JONATHAN CARVER) The Gaucho and His Horse (THOMAS J. HUTCHINSON) Valparaiso and Its Vicinity (CHARLES DARWIN) An Escape from Captivity (BENJAMIN F. BOURNE)

New York, Washington, Chicago (OLIVER H. G. LEIGH) Winnipeg Lake and River (W. F. BUTLER) A Fine Scenic Route (HENRY T. FINCK) South Pass and Fremont's Park (JOHN C. FREMONT) In the Yellowstone Park (FERDINAND V. HAYDEN) The Country of the Cliff-Dwellers (ALFRED TERRY BACON) Lake Tahoe and the Big Trees (A. H. TEVIS) The Chinese Quarter in San Francisco (HELEN HUNT JACKSON) Mariposa Grove and Yosemite Valley (CHARLES LORING BRACE) A Sportsman's Experience in Mexico (SIR ROSE LAMBERT PRICE) The Scenery of the Mexican Lowlands (FELIX L. OSWALD) Among the Ruins of Yucatan (JOHN L. STEPHENS) The Route of the Nicaragua Canal (JULIUS FROEBEL) The Destruction of San Salvador (CARL SCHERZER) Scenes in Trinidad and Jamaica (JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE) The High Woods of Trinidad (CHARLES KINGSLEY) Animals of British Guiana (C. BARRINGTON BROWN) Life and Scenery in Venezuela (ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT) The Llaneros of Venezuela (RAMON PAEZ) The Forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers (FRANZ KELLER) Canoe- and Camp-Life on the Madeira (FRANZ KELLER) Besieged by Peccaries (JAMES W. WELLS) The Perils of Travel (IDA PFEIFFER) Brazilian Ants and Monkeys (HENRY W. BATES) The Monarchs of the Andes (JAMES ORTON) Inca High-Roads and Bridges (E. GEORGE SQUIER)

"This is the account of twenty-three years of wilderness wandering, sea voyages and overland treks to survey the earth, with no home or possessions other than what fit in my trusty backpack. There was no specific destination in mind except to visit countries, not the airports and luxury hotels but the country itself, to experience local culture and ways of life. This entailed sleeping in tribesmen's huts and cheap hostels and using local transportation whenever possible: traversing jungle roads packed eighteen souls to a single Peugeot station wagon in Guinea-Bissau, boating the length of the Amazon snacking on roasted piranha, and hitchhiking across Iraq during the war. I've floated on dilapidated ferries across surging estuaries, ridden horseback or in military trucks across deserts and plains, followed the course of rivers, crossed wastelands, bused and trekked through deep jungle, traversed mountain ranges and lounged on the remotest beaches. I adopted local customs and ate local food: roasted goat's eye as the guest of honour at a Mongolian tribal feast, alligator nuggets, mystery kabobs, ‘bush meat' ubiquitous to certain regions of Africa ... but drew the line at wheelbarrows brimming over with smoked monkey corpses. A man's got to know his limitations." --Mike Spencer Bown In 1990, Calgary-raised Mike Spencer Bown packed a backpack and began a journey that would eventually take him through each of the world's 195 countries and span more than two decades. From relaxing on the white sand beaches of Bali to waiting out blizzards in Tibetan caves, Bown trekked from country to country, driven by a desire to see the world in the most authentic way possible, not to just collect stamps on his passport. Eventually, he began to earn international recognition for some of his more unconventional destinations--such as a memorable trip to war-torn Mogadishu. The World's Most Travelled Man is an eye-opening account of the universal human experience as seen from each corner of the changing world. Blending a romantic connection to nature through solitude and the social examination of culture, Bown fully immerses himself in each experience, however diverse, dangerous or dirty, veering way, way off the backpacker circuit to see the world through an unparalleled perspective. The World's Most Travelled Man is a journey of global proportions shared with the humility of a man who simply wants to satisfy his own curiosity and live life to the fullest.

"Secret Journeys of a Lifetime" presents 500 off-the-beaten-path travel destinations around the world that are notable for their vistas, wildlife, and historical and cultural significance.