Middle East -- Description and travel
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A Colored Man Round the World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1999), by David F. Dorr, ed. by Malini Johar Schueller (page images at HathiTrust)- Journal Up the Straits, October 11, 1856-May 5, 1857 (New York: The Colophon, 1935), by Herman Melville, ed. by Raymond M. Weaver (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mainly East (in Prose, Perhaps Prosey) (London: Hutchinson and Co., ca. 1922), by Mrs. Alec-Tweedie
- Amurath to Amurath (London: W. Heinemann, 1911), by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Another Budget: or, Things Which I Saw in the East (second edition; Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855), by Jane Anthony Eames (page images at Google)
- Buck Whaley's Memoirs, Including His Journey to Jerusalem, Written by Himself in 1797 and Now First Published From the Recently Discovered Manuscript (London: Alexander Moring Ltd., 1906), by Thomas Whaley, ed. by Edward Sullivan (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Days and Nights in the East: From the Original Notes of a Recent Traveler Through Egypt, Arabia-Petra, Syria, Turkey and Greece (London: T. C. Newby, 1845), ed. by Matilda Plumley (HTML with map at Celebration of Women Writers)
- Diary of A Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and The Holy Land (2 volumes; London: Henry Colburn, 1841), by Mary Georgiana Emma Seymour Dawson Damer
- Eastern Pilgrims: The Travels of Three Ladies (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870), by Agnes Smith Lewis
- Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines, Including a Visit to Palmyra (new edition; London: Macmillan and co., 1874), by Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford
- Eine Moderne Kreuzfahrt (in German; Weinheim: Fr. Ackermann, ca. 1898), by Adam Karrillon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Eothen, by Alexander William Kinglake (Gutenberg text)
- Flying Leaves From East and West (London: Field and Tuer; et al., 1885), by Emily Pfeiffer
- The Lands of the Saracen: or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain (20th edition; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1863), by Bayard Taylor (Gutenberg text)
- Letters from the East by Henry James Ross, 1837-1857 (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1902), by Henry James Ross, ed. by Janet Ross (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Notes From a Private Journal of a Visit to Egypt and Palestine, By Way of Italy and the Mediterranean (second edition; London: Printed by Wertheimer, Lea, and Co., 1885), by Judith Cohen Montefiore (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo, by William Makepeace Thackeray (Gutenberg text)
- Oriental Harems and Scenery (New York: Carleton, 1862), by Cristina Belgioioso (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)
- Orientalische Briefe (3 volumes in German; Berlin: A. Duncker, 1844), by Ida Hahn-Hahn (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sunshine and Storm in the East: or, Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1880), by Annie Brassey, illust. by A. Y. Bingham
- Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1859), by Caroline Paine (page images at Google)
- Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope; Forming the Completion of Her Memoirs, Narrated by Her Physician (3 volumes; London: H. Colburn, 1846), by Hester Stanhope, ed. by Charles Lewis Meryon
- Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy (second edition; London: Ingram Cooke and Co., 1853), by Ida Pfeiffer, trans. by H. W. Dulcken (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Voyage de Bagdad à Alep (1808) (in French; Paris: J. André, 1899), by Jean Baptiste Louis Jacques Rousseau, ed. by Louis Poinssot
- When Turkey was Turkey: In and Around Constantinople (London, G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and co., 1921), by Mary A. Poynter, contrib. by Edwin Pears (page images at HathiTrust)
- Chow-Chow: Being Selections from a Journal Kept in India, Egypt, and Syria (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857), by Amelia Fitz Clarence Cary Falkland (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Colored Man Round the World: By a Quadroon (printed for the author, 1858), by David F. Dorr
- A Girl's Journey Through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land (Nashville: Printed for the author, 1889), by Lenamay Green (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Holiday Letters from Athens, Cairo, and Weimar (London: Strahan and Co., 1873), by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The Innocents Abroad (Hartford: American Publishing Co., et al., 1869), by Mark Twain
- Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c., in the Suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869), by Catharina Therése Lovisa Fredrika Elisabeth von Stedingk Grey Fouché (page images at Google; US access only)
- Lands of the Bible: A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece (Philadelpha: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1881), by J. W. McGarvey (illustrated HTML at biblestudyguide.org)
- Lands of the Bible: A Geographical and Topographical Description of Palestine, with Letters of Travel in Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece (Cincinnati: The Standard Publishing Company, ca. 1895), by J. W. McGarvey (illustrated HTML at dabar.org)
- An Overland Trek From India, by Side-Saddle, Camel, and Rail: The Record of a Journey from Baluchistan to Europe (London et al.: Longmans, Green and Co., 1909), by Edith Fraser Benn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Pilgrimage to The Holy Land: Comprising Recollections, Sketches, and Reflections, Made During a Tour in the East (2 volumes; New York: D. Appleton and Co.; Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1848), by Alphonse de Lamartine
- Some Further Recollections of a Happy Life, Selected From the Journals of Marianne North, Chiefly Between the Years 1859 and 1869 (London and New York: Macmillan, 1893), by Marianne North, ed. by Janet Catherine North Symonds (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Then I Was Guided, by Muhammad Tijani Samawi (HTML at al-islam.org)
- Narrative of a Journey Overland From England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India: Including a Residence There, and Voyage Home, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28 (2 volumes; London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1830), by Anne Elwood
- Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, As Related by Herself in Conversations With Her Physician (3 volumes; London: H. Colburn, 1845), by Hester Stanhope, ed. by Charles Lewis Meryon (page images at HathiTrust)
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Sights and insights; (New York, Nelson & Phillips; Cincinnati, Hitchcock & Walden, 1874), by Henry W Warren (page images at HathiTrust)- From the Nile to Norway and homeward, by Theodore L. Cuyler. (New York, Hurst, [c1891]), by Theodore L. Cuyler (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mr. Dunn Browne's experiences in foreign parts. (Boston, J. P. Jewett and company, 1857), by Samuel Wheelock] Fiske (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letters from Europe and the East, during the years 1859 and 1860, (New York, G. A. Whitehorne, 1860), by William E. Kendall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rambles through Europe, the Holy Land and Egypt / by Rev. A. Zurbonsen. (St. Louis : B. Herder, 1903), by Anthony Zurbonsen (page images at HathiTrust)
- Grand winter excursion to the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Holy Land : including the Azores, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Malta, Tunis, and Algeria by the well-known fast twin-screw express steamship "La Touraine," 10,000 tons, 14,000 horse-power, length 540 feet, commander Santelli : sailing from New York, February 4th, 1896, and returning about April 5th, 1896, duration of round trip, two months. ([New York? : s.n.], c1895), by John H. Gould (page images at HathiTrust)
- A winter jaunt through historic lands. (Philadelphia, Lutheran publication society, 1890), by Milton H Stine (page images at HathiTrust)
- The innocents abroad; (Hartford, American publishing company, 1897), by Mark Twain (page images at HathiTrust)
- Twenty thousand miles by land and sea, by Arthur Francis Pennock ... Experiences and scenes in Europe, Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine ... (Syracuse, N.Y., The Mason publishing and printing company, 1901), by Arthur Francis Pennock (page images at HathiTrust)
- Three Vassar girls in the Holy land / by Elizabeth W. Champney. (Boston : Estes and Lauriat, c1892), by Elizabeth W. Champney (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Baptist abroad; or, Travels and adventures in Europe and all Bible lands. (New York, J. A. Hill & co., 1890), by Walter Andrew Whittle (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letters æsthetic, social, and moral, written from Europe, Egypt, and Palestine. (Brunswick [Me.] J. Griffin, 1855), by Thomas C Upham (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Irish sketch book: and Notes of a journey from Cornhill to grand Cairo. (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and co., 1872), by William Makepeace Thackeray (page images at HathiTrust)
- Notes of travel, in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land, including a visit to the city of Constantinople, in 1841 and 1842. (Philadelphia, C. Sherman, printer, 1844), by Clemuel Green Ricketts (page images at HathiTrust)
- The innocents abroad, or, The new pilgrims' progress : being some account of the steamship Quaker City's pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land : with descriptions of countries, nations, incidents and adventures, as they appeared to the author / by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). (Hartford, Conn. : American Pub. Co. ; San Francisco, Cal. : H.H. Bancroft, 1871, c1869), by Mark Twain (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letters to the young from the Old world: notes of travel, (Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company, 1894), by D. L. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Dawnings of light in the East; (London, C. H. Purday [etc.], 1854), by Henry Aaron Stern (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rambles of a southerner in three continents. Containing graphic descriptions of the peoples living along the line of his travels. ... By P. L. Groome. (Greenboro [N.C.] Thomas brothers, printers, 1889), by P. L. Groome (page images at HathiTrust)
- Around the globe and through Bible lands : notes and observations on the various countries through which the writer traveled / by George Lambert. (Elkhart, Ind. : Mennonite Publishing Co., 1896), by George Lambert (page images at HathiTrust)
- Eddy's travels in Asia and Africa. (Boston, C. E. Brown & co, [c1893]), by D Eddy (page images at HathiTrust)
- The edge of the Orient, (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1896), by Robert Howard Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
- The innocents abroad; or, The new Pilgrims' progress; (Hartford, Conn. American publishing company, 1888), by Mark Twain (page images at HathiTrust)
- From Occident to Orient. A record of a nine months' tour through Europe, Egypt, Holy Land, Asia Minor and Greece. By Rev. Wm. A. Smith. With an introduction by W.W. Barr, D.D. (Pittsburgh, United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1897), by William Alexander Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist storyteller. A spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land. (Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1886), by Hezekiah Butterworth (page images at HathiTrust)
- An archæological cruise in the Levant; a diary of a trip to the ancient art-centres of Greece, Asia Minor, the Aegean islands and Sicily. ([New York?], c1904), by Gustav Henry Schwab (page images at HathiTrust)
- A voyage into the Levant : a Breife [!] relation of a iourney lately performed by Master H. B. Gentleman, from England by the way of Venice, into Dalmatia, Sclavonia, Bosnah, Hungary, Macedonia, Thessaly, Thrace, Rhodes and Egypt, unto Gran Cairo : with particular observations concerning the moderne condition of the Turkes, and other people under that empire. (London : Printed by I. L[egat] for Andrew Crooke ..., 1636), by Henry Blount (page images at HathiTrust)
- Summer cruise in the Mediterranean : on board an American frigate / By N. Parker Willis. (New York : C. Scribner, 1853), by Nathaniel Parker Willis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Oriental harems and scenery. (New York : Carleton, 1862), by Cristina Belgioioso (page images at HathiTrust)
- Yusef; or. : The Journey of the Frangi. A crusade in the East / By J. Ross Browne ... (New York : Harper & brothers, 1853), by J. Ross Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
- The lands of the Saracen : or, Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain / by Bayard Taylor. (New York : G. P. Putnam & co., 1863), by Bayard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Tennessean abroad; or, Letters from Europe, Africa, and Asia / by Randal W. MacGavock. (New-York : Redfield, 1854), by Randal W. McGavock (page images at HathiTrust)
- Letters aesthetic, social, and moral, written from Europe, Egypt, and Palestine / By Thomas C. Upham. (Philadelphia : H. Longstreth, 1857), by Thomas C. Upham (page images at HathiTrust)
- Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec From the United States Ship Delaware, During Her Recent Cruise: With an Attempt to Discriminate Between Truth and Error in Regard to the Sacred Places of the Holy City, by George Jones (Gutenberg ebook)
- La vita intima e la vita nomade in Oriente (in Italian), by Cristina Belgioioso (Gutenberg ebook)
- Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817: The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A., by C. R. Cockerell, ed. by Samuel Pepys Cockerell (Gutenberg ebook)
- Ein Sommer im Orient (in German), by Alexander Warsberg (Gutenberg ebook)
- Amurath to Amurath, by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (Gutenberg ebook)
- In the Levant: Twenty Fifth Impression, by Charles Dudley Warner (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, in the Years 1808 and 1809: In Which is Included, Some Account of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Mission, under Sir Harford Jones, Bart. K. C. to the Court of Persia, by James Justinian Morier (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible Lands, by Walter Andrew Whittle (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Story Teller of the Desert—"Backsheesh!": or, Life and Adventures in the Orient, by Thomas Wallace Knox (Gutenberg ebook)
- Jenkkejä maailmalla II: Heidän toivioretkensä Pyhälle Maalle (in Finnish), by Mark Twain, trans. by Into Konrad Inha (Gutenberg ebook)
- Jenkkejä maailmalla I: Heidän toivioretkensä Pyhälle Maalle (in Finnish), by Mark Twain, trans. by Into Konrad Inha (Gutenberg ebook)
- Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate, by Nathaniel Parker Willis (Gutenberg ebook)
- Viaggi di Ali Bey el-Abbassi in Africa ed in Asia, v. 4 (in Italian), by Ali Bey (Gutenberg ebook)
- Viaggi di Ali Bey el-Abbassi in Africa ed in Asia, v. 3 (in Italian), by Ali Bey (Gutenberg ebook)
- Viaggi di Ali Bey el-Abbassi in Africa ed in Asia, v. 2 (in Italian), by Ali Bey (Gutenberg ebook)
- Viaggi di Ali Bey el-Abbassi in Africa ed in Asia, v. 1 (in Italian), by Ali Bey (Gutenberg ebook)
- Voyage en Orient, Volume 2: Les nuits du Ramazan; De Paris à Cythère; Lorely (in French), by Gérard de Nerval (Gutenberg ebook)
- Voyage en Orient, Volume 1: Les femmes de Caire; Druses et Maronites (in French), by Gérard de Nerval (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Voice from Jerusalem: Or, A Sketch of the Travels and Ministry of Elder Orson Hyde, by Orson Hyde (Gutenberg ebook)
- Eothen; with an Introduction and Notes, by Alexander William Kinglake (Gutenberg ebook)
- Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, by Austen Henry Layard (Gutenberg ebook)
- Reisindrukken in het Oosten (in Dutch), by Louis Heldring, illust. by R. Julius Hartmann (Gutenberg ebook)
- The Ship-Dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise, by Albert Bigelow Paine, illust. by Thomas Fogarty (Gutenberg ebook)
- Visits to Monasteries in the Levant, by Robert Curzon (Gutenberg ebook)
- A Trip to the Orient: The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise, by Robert Urie Jacob (Gutenberg ebook)
- Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine), by Karl May, trans. by James D. Schoonover (Gutenberg ebook)
- Perzië, Chaldea en Susiane: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1885-1887 (in Dutch), by Jane Dieulafoy (Gutenberg ebook)
- Instructions for forreine travell shewing by what cours, and in what compasse of time, one may take an exact survey of the kingdomes and states of christendome, and arrive to the practicall knowledge of the languages, to good purpose. (London : Printed by T.B. for Humprey Mosley ..., 1642), by James Howell (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Nouveau voyage du Levant. English (London : Printed by T.H. for M. Gillyflower, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, J. Walthoe, and R. Parker, 1696), by Jean Dumont (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Voyage en divers états d'Europe et d'Asie. English (London : Printed for Tim. Goodwin ..., 1693), by Philippe Avril, Richard Hakluyt, and Samuel Purchas (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The voyages & travels of Sir John Mandevile, Knight wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the great Caan, and of Prestor John, to Inde, and divers other countries : together with many strange marvels therein. (London : Printed for R. Scott, T. Basset, J. Wright, and R. Chiswel, 1677), by John Mandeville and d'Outremeuse Jean (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Travels of Jonas Hanway, Esq. through Russia into Persia, and afterwads [sic] through Russia, Germany, & Holland. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Joseph & James Crukshank, no. 87, High-Street., [between 1797 and 1806]), by Jonas Hanway (HTML at Evans TCP)
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