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Isabella L. Bird

Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop (October 15, 1831 – October 7, 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveller, writer, and a natural historian.

Works:

* The Englishwoman in America (1856)

* Pen and Pencil Sketches Among The Outer Hebrides (published in The Leisure Hour) (1866)

* The Hawaiian Archipelago (1875)

* The Two Atlantics (published in The Leisure Hour) (1876)

* Australia Felix: Impressions of Victoria and Melbourne (published in The Leisure Hour) (1877)

* A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879)

* Unbeaten Tracks in Japan (1880)

* Sketches In The Malay Peninsula (published in The Leisure Hour) (1883)

* The Golden Chersonese and the way Thither (1883)

* A Pilgrimage To Sinai (published in The Leisure Hour) (1886)

* Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan (1891)

* Among the Tibetans (1894)

* Korea and her Neighbours (1898)

* The Yangtze Valley and Beyond (1899)

* Chinese Pictures (1900)

* Notes on Morocco (published in the Monthly Review) (1901)


“Truly a good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.”
Isabella L. Bird
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