Adventure Stories

Adventure Stories by Stephen R. Bown

S have written several dozen adventure stories about historical travellers and explorers and eventually they will all get posted here. For the time being, here are three interesting ones. Please watch for further updates to this section.


  1. William Bartram
  2. Labrador Cannibal Cruise
  3. Martin Frobisher


Coming Soon:

    • Alexander von Humboldt in South America
    • Charles Waterton in Guyana
    • A Journey of Pleasure, 1862
    • Cartwright Explores Newfoundland
    • John Ross's Arctic ordeal
    • Zagoskin's Russian America
    • A Travelling Gourmand
    • Upper Canada's great duel
    • Prince Maximillian on the Missouri
    • The Great Reindeer Drive
    • Douglas of the Fir
    • David Thompson's Amazing Survey
    • The Great Dinosaur Rush
    • Townsend's Epic Trek Across America
    • Shawnadithit's Maps
    • John Richardson – Man of Action and Science
    • Foxe and James Race to the Arctic
    • Henry Walter Bates Along the Amazon
    • Powell, Explorer of the Colorado
    • Mary Schaffer – Mountain Woman