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Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Following the Equator (sometimes titled More Tramps Abroad) is a non-fiction social commentary in the form of a travelogue published by Mark Twain in 1897. Throughout the novel, Twain uses the opportunity of visiting the various locations on his tour to espouse "perceptive descriptions and discussions of people, climate, flora and fauna, indigenous cultures, religion, customs, politics, food, and many other topics". The novel contains a significant...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
lx, 504 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an abridged, modern English version of the journals kept by Meriwether Lewis and his co-captain William Clark, providing a day-to-day account of their 1804-1806 expedition to explore America's newly acquired Louisiana territory, a mission that took them from the Missouri River near St. Louis, to the northern Pacific coast and back.
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Series
Harvard Classics volume ( 28 )
Tantor unabridged classics
The Natural history library volume N16
Origin of Species
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Tantor unabridged classics
The Natural history library volume N16
Origin of Species
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Language
English
Description
Charles Darwin chronicles the five years he spent early in his career aboard the survey ship HMS "Beagle," exploring the Southern Hemisphere, including Brazilian rain forests, the Andes, and the Gal�pagos Islands.
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