The illustrated Virago book of women travellers / 
 Women travellers 
edited and with an introduction by Mary Morris in collaboration with Larry O'Connor. 
 - 246 pages :  illustrations (some colour) ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/> First published: / edited by Mary Morris. 2000. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  from Embassy to Constantinople (1689-1762) --  from Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1759-1797) --  from Peregrinations of a Pariah (1803-1844) --  from Domestic Manners of the Americans (1780-1863) --  from Life in Prairie Land (1815-1864) --  from Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites (1831-1892) --  from Journal of a Lady's Travels Round the World (ca. 1840?) --  from Travels in West Africa (1862-1900) --  from A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1831-1904) --  from The Passionate Nomad (1877-1904) --  from Station Life in New Zealand (1831-1911) --  from A Girl's Ride in Iceland (ca. 1860-1940) --  from The English Governess at the Siamese Court (1834-1914) --  from Love Among the Butterflies (1862-1940) --  from The Desert and the Sown (1868-1926) --  from In Morocco (1862-1937) --  from Willa Cather in Europe (1876-1947) --  from Passenger to Teheran (1892-1962) --  from My Journey to Lhasa (1868-1969) --  from Out of Africa (1885-1962) --  from Farewell Spain (1897-1974) --  from Nine Pounds of Luggage (1878-1976) --  from Speak to the Earth: Wanderings and Reflections among Elephants and Mountains (1900-1957) --  from Winter in Arabia (1893-1993) --  from Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1892-1983) --  from Klee Wyck (1871-1945) --  from The Gobi Desert (1878-1952) (1871-1960) --  from West with the Night (1902-1986) --  from The Cruel Way (1903-) --  from The Fabled Shore (1881-1958) --  from Stones of Florence (1912-1989) --  from A Way of Seeing (1901-1978) --  from Long Ago in France (1908-1992) --  from Muddling Through in Madagascar (1931-) --  from Italian Days (1934-) --  from Turkish Reflections (1918-) --  from The White Album (1934-) --  from Through Persia in Disguise (1947-) --  from Wall-to-Wall (1947-) --  from Travels with Fortune: An African Adventure (1951-) --  from Russian Journal (1953-) --  from Season of Stones (1951-) --  from Noman's Land (1941-1987) --  from Teaching a Stone to Talk (1945-) --  from The Road Through Miyama (1962-) --  from A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1831-1904) --  Acknowledgments --  Picture credits. 
<br/><br/> This illustrated edition of "The Virago Book of Women Travellers" captures 300 years of wanderlust. Some of the women are observers of the world in which they wander and others are more active. Often they are storytellers, weaving tales about the people they encounter. 
<br/><br/> General. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0316858315 9780316858311 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Travel writing--Women authors<br/>Women--Travel<br/>Voyages and travels
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>910.4082