Isabella L. Bird

Broschiertes Buch

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

Beschreibung

Isabella Bird, an Englishwoman whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographical Society, visited Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China and Hong Kong in 1879.

Autor

Isabella Bird was a nineteenth century English explorer, writer, and natural historian whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographical Society.In 1879 she visited Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China and Hong Kong, writing 23 letters home to her sister Hennie in Scotland, and naming the collection The Golden Chersonese, the ancient Greek name for the Malay Peninsul

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 342g
• ISBN-13: 9781912081714
• ISBN-10: 1912081717
• Artikelnr.: 47424010