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Author: Ida Laura PFEIFFERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands. [With Illustrations.].
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Author: Ida Laura PFEIFFERThe Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Author: The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
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The Story of Ida Pfeiffer
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781515113775
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797-Vienna), was an Austrian traveler and travel book author. She was one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into seven languages. She was a member of geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, but not of Royal Geographical Society in London due to her sex. She was only in her tenth year, however, when he died; and she then passed naturally enough under the maternal control. Between her own inclinations and her mother's ideas of maidenly culture a great contest immediately arose. Her mother could not understand why her daughter should prefer the violin to the piano, and the masculine trousers to the feminine petticoat. In fact, she did not understand Ida, and it may be assumed that Ida did not understand her. Cannot imagine the bravery and endurance of this woman. No money, no internet, and well past middle age when she even began her travels. Ida Pfeiffer was pretty amazing.
Wanderlust
Author: John Van WyhePublisher: National University of Singapore Press
ISBN: 9789813250765
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
I found no one to accompany me, and was determined to do; so I trusted to fate, and went alone. In 1797 in Vienna, Ida Pfeiffer was born into a world that should have been too small for her dreams. The daughter of an Austrian merchant, she made clear from an early age that she would not be bound by convention, dressing in boys' clothing and playing sports. After her tutor introduced her to stories of faraway lands, she became determined to see the world first-hand. This determination led to a lifetime of travel--much of it alone--and made her one of the most famous women of the nineteenth century. Pfeiffer faced many obstacles, not least expectations of her gender. She was a typical nineteenth century housewife with a husband and two sons. She was not wealthy nor well connected. Yet after the death of her husband, and once her sons were grown and settled, at the age of forty-one she set off on her first journey, not telling anyone the true extent of her travel plans. Between that trip and her death in 1858, she would barely pause for breath, circling the globe twice--the first woman to do so--and publishing numerous popular books about her travels. Usually traveling solo, Pfeiffer faced storms at sea, trackless deserts, plague, malaria, earthquakes, robbers, murderers, and other risks. In Wanderlust, John Van Wyhe tells Pfeiffer's story, with generous excerpts from her published accounts, tell of her involvement with spies, international intrigue, and more. The result is a compelling portrait of the remarkable life of a pioneer unjustly forgotten.
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Edda Sæmundar
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The royal banner; or, Gold and rubies, by the author of 'Little Snowdrop and her golden casket'.
Author: Matilda HorsburghThe Cambridge History of Travel Writing
Author: Nandini DasPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110861681X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.
The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Madagascar
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The Cockatoo's Story
Author: Anne Jane CupplesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diligence
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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