The Hawaiian Archipelago (Dodo Press)
Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) was a nineteenthcentury English traveller and writer. She was born in Boroughbridge and grew up in Tattenhall, Cheshire. She was a sickly child and spent her entire life struggling with various ailments. Much of her illness may have been psychogenic, for when she was doing exactly what she wanted she was almost never ill. Her real desire was to travel. In 1854, Bird went to visit relatives in America. She detailed the journey anonymously in her first book The Englishwoman in America (1856). She also travelled to Canada, Scotland, Australia, and Hawaii. She studied medicine and resolved to travel as a missionary.…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4065-9206-1
- EAN: 9781406592061
- Produktnummer: 3609691
- Verlag: Dodo Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H22.6 cm x B14.9 cm x D2.2 cm 428 g
- Gewicht: 428
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