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The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Author: AnonymousThe Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands. [With Illustrations.].
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Author: Ida Laura PFEIFFERThe 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.
The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands ; with Twenty-five Illustrations
Author: The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Author: AnonymousWanderlust
Author: John Van WyhePublisher: National University of Singapore Press
ISBN: 9789813250765
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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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.
The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375039611
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.
A Womans Journey Round the World
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724896018
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A Womans Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer The public received very favourably my plain unvarnished account of "A Voyage to the Holy Land, and to Iceland and Scandinavia." Emboldened by their kindness, I once more step forward with the journal of my last and most considerable voyage, and I shall feel content if the narration of my adventures procures for my readers only a portion of the immense fund of pleasure derived from the voyage by THE AUTHORESS. Vienna, March 16, 1850. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher:
ISBN: 9781406898750
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Ida Laura Pfeiffer (nee Reyer, 1797-1858) was an Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer. She was one of the first female travellers, whose bestselling journals were translated into 7 languages. She journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometers by land and 240,000 by sea through Southeast Asia, the Americas, Middle East, and Africa, including two trips around the world from 1846-55. She was a member of geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, but was denied membership by the Royal Geographical Society in London as it forbade the election of women before 1913. She died in 1858, having contracted a recurring fever in Mauritius, and this journal of her final voyage was published posthumously in 1861, edited and with a biographical memoir by her son, Oscar. Includes a portrait of Ida Pfeiffer.
Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
Author: Ida PfeifferPublisher:
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Category : Iceland
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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