02647nam 2200565 450 991081028450332120230607223330.01-280-44447-90-19-153874-4(CKB)2460000000006642(EBL)1665540(SSID)ssj0000312454(PQKBManifestationID)12115819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312454(PQKBWorkID)10331606(PQKB)10748477(MiAaPQ)EBC1665540(Au-PeEL)EBL1665540(CaPaEBR)ebr10856393(CaONFJC)MIL44447(OCoLC)876512661(EXLCZ)99246000000000664220020410h20011994 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnsuitable for ladies an anthology of women travellers /selected by Jane RobinsonRevised 2001.Oxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,[2001]©19941 online resource (490 p.)Includes index.0-19-280201-1 Cover; Title Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1. Setting Out; 2. 'The Continent'; 3. Switzerland, the Alps, and Italy; 4. Scandinavia and Beyond; 5. Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey; 6. Egypt and the Holy Land; 7. Arabia, Iraq, and Iran; 8. Africa; 9. The Indian Subcontinent; 10. Central Asia, the Himalaya, and Beyond; 11. Japan and South-East Asia; 12. Australasia; 13. North America; 14. Central and South America; 15. Coming Home; Source Acknowledgements; Index of AuthorsReal ladies do not travel - or so it was once said. This collection of women's travel writing dispels the notion by showing how there are few corners of the world that have not been visited by women travellers. There are also few difficulties, physical or emotional, real or imagined, that have not been met and usually overcome by thesesame women.Jane Robinson's first book,Wayward Women, was a guide to women travellers and their writing, and having read over a thousand of their books she is uniquely qualified to compile this anthology. Life is never dull for her intrepid women, whether diving tVoyages and travelsWomen travelersVoyages and travels.Women travelers.910/.82Robinson Jane1959-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810284503321Unsuitable for ladies4112573UNINA