In 1846, before he became the first great chronicler of the American frontier, Francis Parkman headed West to follow the trail of the pioneers making their way to Oregon and California. When he got to
The author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang describes his 1906 voyage with his wife and two crewmembers from San Francisco across the Pacific, detailing his visits to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tahi
Until 1893, Mary Kingsley led a secluded life in Victorian England. But at age 30, defying every convention of womanhood of the time, she left England for West Africa to collect botanical specimens f
The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, recently ranked number four on Adventure magazines list of top 100 classics, is legendary pioneer John Wesley Powells first-person a
When he first saw the Alps in 1860, Edward Whymper was a 20-year-old English wood engraver whose dream was to become an arctic explorer. Ambitious and hungry for adventure, he fell in love with the c
