In 1824 James O. Pattie, then in his early twenties, left Kentucky with his father and headed west. This is the story of several adventures he experienced during his six-year trip.
A concise summary of the Nile system in which Baker describes 12 months' exploration, during which he examined every individual river that is tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia.
In 1775 Louis LeClerc de Milford traveled from France to America, where he became a member of the Greek Confederacy, and eventually rose to Grand War Chief, commander of all Creek forces.
The journal of possibly the first white man to cross continental North America. Published 12 years before Thomas Jefferson sent Louis and Clark on a similar journey.