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Unsuitable for Ladies, An Anthology of Women Travellers
by Jane Robinson
- ANTHOLOGY
- 2001
- PAPER
- 471 PAGES
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A who's who of 200 adventurous women travelers, explorers, scientists and writers, organized geographically. Editor Robinson provides a short introduction for each along with a helpful selection of maps. In this anthology ranging over 16 centuries, she includes excerpts from the Victorian-era derring-do of Mary Kingsley, war accounts of Florence Nightingale, Karen Blixen's memoirs and some of modern writer Dervla Murphy's adventures.
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