A lady's voyage round the world : a selected translation from the German of Ida Pfeiffer
by Ida Pfeiffer
The Century Travellers
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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 show more AUTHORESS. Vienna, March 16, 1850. show lessTags
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Though not technically an explorer, Ida Pfeiffer was a serious traveller. after having survived an unhappy marriage, and married off her sons to responsible females, she set off on an oft-deferred trip around the world. She did that, and then did it again. The rest of her life was filled with writing up her various voyages and making more of them. This selection from her first book leaves one feeling richer from having encountered a person not easily deterred by circumstance.
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- Original publication date
- 1851
- Original language
- German
- Disambiguation notice
- Abridged selection
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