Best Historical Travel Journals
1. 
Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country
by:
Tim Butcher
3.98 avg rating — 11,890 ratings 2. 
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 4.18 avg rating — 18,435 ratings
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The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War
by:
Tim Butcher
3.81 avg rating — 4,036 ratings 
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating — 66,329 ratings
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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
by:
Candice Millard
4.21 avg rating — 74,671 ratings 8. 
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by:
David Grann
3.90 avg rating — 106,814 ratings 
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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
by:
Mark Adams
3.85 avg rating — 20,593 ratings 14. 
A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca
by:
Andrés Reséndez
4.11 avg rating — 3,686 ratings 15. 
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
by:
Slavomir Rawicz
4.24 avg rating — 21,392 ratings 16. 
The Travelers Within: Into The Unknown
by:
Daniel Mode
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 134 ratings 
18. 
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World
by:
Tony Horwitz
3.96 avg rating — 9,298 ratings 
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
by:
Samuel Johnson
3.58 avg rating — 859 ratings 
28. 
River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
by:
Buddy Levy
4.21 avg rating — 3,612 ratings 
32. 
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia 3.97 avg rating — 967 ratings
33. 
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by:
Tony Horwitz
4.04 avg rating — 10,353 ratings 34. 
The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole
by:
Roland Huntford
4.35 avg rating — 3,492 ratings 
36. 
The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
by:
Kostya Kennedy
4.02 avg rating — 880 ratings 
39. 
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City 3.98 avg rating — 2,302 ratings
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Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
by:
Giles Milton
3.82 avg rating — 5,239 ratings 41. 
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 4.04 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
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Discovery Illustrated: Pictures from Captain Scott's First Antarctic Expedition
by:
David M. Wilson
4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings 44. 
Nimrod Illustrated: Pictures From Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition
by:
David M. Wilson
4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings 45. 
Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries
by:
Kim MacQuarrie
4.04 avg rating — 929 ratings 
48. 
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
by:
Mark Twain
3.84 avg rating — 14,583 ratings 
51. 
The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo
by:
Jacob D'Ancona
3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings 
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Tent Life in Siberia: An Incredible Account of Siberian Adventure, Travel, and Survival
by:
George Kennan
4.19 avg rating — 428 ratings 
61. 
For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
by:
Sarah Rose
3.78 avg rating — 4,227 ratings 
63. 
The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
by:
Freya Stark
3.82 avg rating — 1,175 ratings 65. 
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
by:
Peter Zuckerman
4.22 avg rating — 10,954 ratings 
68. 
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo
by:
Redmond O'Hanlon
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,800 ratings 
72. 
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by:
Janet Wallach
3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings 73. 
Troy and Its Remains: A Narrative Researches and Discoveries Made on the Site of Ilium and in the Trojan Plain 3.36 avg rating — 166 ratings
75. 
No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers
by:
Barbara Hodgson
3.69 avg rating — 214 ratings 
78. 
The Four Voyages: Being His Own Log-Book, Letters and Dispatches with Connecting Narratives 3.48 avg rating — 814 ratings
80. 
American Wop - Beaver Buffalo Buttons Brass Boxing and Beer: That's why you're here!
by:
Jack Tar
4.35 avg rating — 20 ratings 
80. 
Francis Parkman: France and England in North America, Volume 1
by:
Francis Parkman
4.27 avg rating — 128 ratings 83. 
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American Traveler: The Life and Adventures of John Ledyard, the Man Who Dreamed of Walking The World
by:
James Zug
3.79 avg rating — 62 ratings 
87. 
Cheltenham in Antarctica: The Life of Edward Wilson
by:
David M. Wilson
4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings 88. 
Straight on Till Morning: the Biography of Beryl Markham
by:
Mary S. Lovell
4.15 avg rating — 2,301 ratings 89. 
Dreaming of East: Western Women and the Exotic Allure of the Orient
by:
Barbara Hodgson
4.06 avg rating — 65 ratings 
91. 
Along the Enchanted Way: A Story of Love and Life in Romania
by:
William Blacker
4.16 avg rating — 855 ratings 
93. 
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science
by:
Edward J. Larson
3.60 avg rating — 382 ratings 93. 
Indian Peter: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Peter Williamson
by:
Douglas Skelton
3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings 
97. 
Cook : The Extraordinary Voyages of Captain James Cook
by:
Nicholas Thomas
3.89 avg rating — 180 ratings 97. 
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