Free Geography eBooks Online

If you are looking for Books about  Geography to advance your Knowledge, here is a list in various formats available for free download or online reading from top universities and publishers for all learners worldwide:

• • A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed From Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English, ed. by Awnsham Churchill
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org
    3. volume III: page images at canadiana.org
    5. volume IV: page images at canadiana.org
    6. volume V: page images at canadiana.org
    7. volume VI: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • A Continuation of A Voyage to New-Holland, &c., in the Year 1699 (1709) by William Dampier (page images at canadiana.org)
  • A Geography for Beginners (Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1864) by Kensey Johns Stewart (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
  • A Journal of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West passage Between Asia & America, Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 (Hartford: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, 1783) by John Ledyard (page images at LOC)
  • Alluvial Fan Flooding by National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board (page images at NAP)
  • An American Merchant in Europe, Asia, and Australia by George Francis Train (page images at MOA)

• • An Arctic Boat Journey, in the Autumn of 1854 by I. I. Hayes (page images at MOA)
  • An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean (1771) by Alexander Dalrymple
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ’54, ’55 by Elisha Kent Kane (page images at MOA)
  • A Report of the Voyage and Success Thereof, Attempted in the Year of Our Lord 1583 by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, Knight by Edward Haies (HTML at Fordham)
  • At Home and Abroad: A Sketch-Book of Life, Scenery, and Men by Bayard Taylor (page images at MOA)
  • Atlas of United States Mortality by Linda Williams Pickle, Michael Mungiole, Gretchen K. Jones, and Andrew A. White (PDF files at cdc.gov)
  • A Voyage to New Holland, &c., in the Year 1699 (1703) by William Dampier (page images at canadiana.org)
  • A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1784) by James Cook and James King
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org
    3. volume III: page images at canadiana.org
    4. volume IV: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • Classification of Natural Ponds and Lakes in the Glaciated Prairie Region by Robert E. Stewart and Harold A. Kantrud (illustrated HTML at USGS)
  • Deserts: Geology and Resources by Alta Sharon Walker (illustrated HTML at USGS)
  • Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent (1850 edition) by Richard Hakluyt and John Winter Jones (page images at canadiana.org)
  • Environmental Science in the Coastal Zone: Issues for Further Research by Environment, and Resources National Research Council Commission on Geosciences (page images at NAP)
  • Forests, Climate, and Hydrology: Regional Impacts, ed. by Evan R. C. Reynolds and Frank B. Thompson (HTML at UNU Press)
  • From Paris to New York By Land by Harry De Wint (Golden Gale archive format)
  • Geography by Strabo (HTML at Perseus; 1.2 MB)
  • Geonomy: A Theory of the Ocean Currents and Their Agency in the Formation of the Continents; to which is added Astrogenea: A New Theory of the Formation of Planetary Systems by James Stanley Grimes (page images at MOA)
  • Jeannette Inquiry (1884) by United States House Committee on Naval Affairs (page images at LOC)
  • Laperouse by Ernest Scott (HTML at SETIS)

• • Life With the Esquimaux: the Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque “George Henry”, From the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th September, 1862 (London: S. Low, Son, and Marston, 1864) by Charles Francis Hall
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • Michigan by Alexander Winchell (page images at MOA)
  • Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22 (London: J. Murray, 1824) by John Franklin and John Richardson
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering’s Strait, to Co-operate With the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty’s Ship Blossom, Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S. &c. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 (London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831) by Frederick William Beechey
    1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
    2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org

     

  • Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 (Paris : A and W. Calignani, 1836) by George Back (page images at canadiana.org)
  • Narrative of the North Polar Expedition by United States Navy (page images at MOA)
  • Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, Or, A Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels (1705) by John Harris (page images at canadiana.org)
  • Outlines of Physical Geography by George William Fitch (page images at MOA)
  • Perception of Desertification, ed. by R. L. Heathcote (illustrated HTML at UNU Press)
  • Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences at a Reception Given to the Captain and Officers of the Jeannette Search Expedition (San Francisco, 1881) by California Academy of Sciences (page images at LOC)
  • Proceedings of the Khartoum Workshop on Arid Lands Management by Khartoum Workshop on Arid Lands Management, ed. by J. A. Mabbutt (HTML at UNU Press)
  • Professor Sonntag’s Thrilling Narrative of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1853, 1854, and 1855 by August Sonntag (page images at MOA)
  • Promoting The National Spatial Data Infrastructure Through Partnerships by National Research Council Mapping Science Committee (HTML at NAP)
  • Review of the Draft Federal Long-Term Monitoring Plan for the Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam by National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board (page images at NAP)
  • Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum
    1. illustrated HTML at Eldritch Press
    2. illustrated HTML at arthur-ransome.org

     

  • Schwatka’s Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records (London : S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1881?) by William Henry Gilder (page images at canadiana.org)
  • Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters, ed. by Logan Marshall
    1. illustrated HTML at Virginia
    2. Gutenberg text

     

  • Social and Environmental Aspects of Desertification, ed. by J. A. Mabbutt and Andrew W. Wilson (HTML at UNU Press)
  • Strategies for Improved Management of Latin American Drylands, ed. by J. A. Mabbutt, H. J. Schneider, and R. Nava (HTML at UNU Press)
  • The Cruise of the “Alerte” in Search of Treasure by E. F. Knight (HTML at arthur-ransome.org)
  • The Cruise of the Corwin by John Muir (illustrated HTML at Yosemite Web)
  • The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune by Stanley Portal Hyatt
    1. frame-dependent HTML with commentary at GeoCities
    2. simpler HTML at GeoCities

     

  • The Elevations of Certain Datum-Points on the Great Lakes and Rivers and in the Rocky Mountains by James T. Gardiner (page images at MOA)
  • The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1771 by Joseph Banks, ed. by J. C. Beaglehole (HTML at SETIS)
  • The Geographical Reader, for the Dixie Children (Raleigh: Branson, Farrar & Co., 1863) by Marinda Branson Moore (HTML and TEI at UNC)
  • The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad (Gutenberg text)
  • The Mountain: Renewed Studies in Impressions and Appearances by John Charles Van Dyke (HTML at LOC)
  • The New Year’s Eve Flood on Oahu, Hawaii, December 31, 1987 – January 1, 1988 by John A. Dracup (page images at NAP)
  • The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, in the Schooner “United States” by I. I. Hayes (page images at MOA)
  • The Poetical Geography, Designed to Accompany Outline Maps or School Atlases, To Which Are Added the Rules of Arithmetic in Rhyme by George Van Waters (page images at MOA)
  • The Sinking of the Titanic by Jay Henry Mowbray (HTML at Gaslight)

• The South Dakota Breeding Bird Atlas by Richard A. Peterson (illustrated HTML at USGS)
• The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Around the World (1821) by James Cook
  1. volume I: page images at canadiana.org
  2. volume II: page images at canadiana.org
  3. volume III: page images at canadiana.org
  4. volume IV: page images at canadiana.org
  5. volume V: page images at canadiana.org
  6. volume VI: page images at canadiana.org
  7. volume VII: page images at canadiana.org

   

• The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrativeby Elisha Kent Kane (page images at MOA)
• Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions, Or, The Adventures of Sir John Franklin (New York: G. Cooper, 1859) by John Franklin (page images at canadiana.org)
• Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation by National Research Council Mapping Science Committee (page images at NAP)
• Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
  1. HTML at LOC
  2. Gutenberg text; unofficial until 29 Feb 2000

   

• Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum
  1. illustrated HTML at Eldritch Press
  2. HTML at arthur-ransome.org

   

• Westward by Rail: The New Route to the East by W. Fraser Rae (page images at MOA)