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Great women travel writers : from 1750 to the present / edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina L. Knapp. - 304 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.

Princess Ekaterina (Catherine) Romanovna Vorontsova Dashkova (1743-1810) -- Friederike Brun (1765-1835) -- Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) -- Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) -- Princess Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso (1808-1871) -- Fanny Lewald (1811-1889) -- Belle Marsh Poate (1847-1896) -- Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922) -- Daisy Bates (1859-1951) -- Edith Wharton (1862-1937) -- Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) -- Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969) -- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) -- Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962) -- Freya Stark (1893-1993) -- Hayashi Fumiko (1903-1951) -- Anais Nin (1903-1977) -- Xie Bingying (born Ming Gang) (1906-2000) -- Ruth Gruber (1911- ) -- Oriana Fallaci (1930- ) -- Sharon Spencer (1933-2002) -- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (1937- ). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

ISBN: 0826416837 9780826416834

LCCN: 2004026446

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women travelers
Travelers' writings
Voyages and travels

LC Class. No.: G4654 / .W66 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 910.4