A Guernsey: 29 books

The story of the Spanish discovery of the Pacific by Balboa, and his conquest of the Indians along the way.

This piece covers the founding of the Dutch Republic and the Battles with Spain for religious freedom in Holland. Originally published in two articles.

This description of plague-smitten eras includes ancient Greece, London and Marseille in the Middle Ages and the later scourges of Yellow Fever and Asiatic Cholera. This series originally appeared in four parts during the mid nineteenth century.

A brief look at the gold industry in Central America in the mid nineteenth century, featuring the works in Nicaragua and Honduras. Digitally restored Illustrations.

This article highlights the profession of wrecking … salvage of shipwrecks, as practiced on the keys in the mid nineteenth century. This is a laser reprint of the original article.

This is a nineteenth century article which describes whales and whaling to an American Public fascinated with the topic. Digitally restored illustrations.

This is a description of the hunting grounds and game on the island of Ceylon during the mid nineteenth century. An early advertisement for development of the bounty of the Island.

A story of the European and American colonial efforts to instill Christianity during a period which featured the repression of Christianity on the Island. Original Illustrations.

This short piece describes a trip to Newfoundland to lay pieces of the transatlantic cable during the mid nineteenth century. Digitally Restored illustrations.

A trip along the footpaths followed by the founders of Jamestown and Roanoke Island. This was written during the decade before the civil war. “a fig for antiquity! Cock up your beaver, lad; cock it fu' brawly,' in the face of the sea-rovers of old. The chaps who plundered the Spanish galleons in...

This series of illustrated articles introduced Japan and the Japanese people to the American public in the mid nineteenth century. The impressions of the printed pictures and the words illustrating them were one of the elements that defined Japanese culture in the American mind for many years after...

Randolph Marcy went west in 1833. He reminisces  about his army life on the border of Indian Territory in this short 19th century piece. Illustrated

An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated.