LEADER 02681nam 2200577 450 001 9910455992203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-44447-9 010 $a0-19-153874-4 035 $a(CKB)2460000000006642 035 $a(EBL)1665540 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000312454 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12115819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312454 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10331606 035 $a(PQKB)10748477 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1665540 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1665540 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10856393 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44447 035 $a(OCoLC)876512661 035 $a(EXLCZ)992460000000006642 100 $a20020410h20011994 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnsuitable for ladies $ean anthology of women travellers /$fselected by Jane Robinson 205 $aRevised 2001. 210 1$aOxford ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d[2001] 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (490 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-19-280201-1 327 $aCover; 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 Authors 330 $aReal 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 t 606 $aVoyages and travels 606 $aWomen travelers 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVoyages and travels. 615 0$aWomen travelers. 676 $a910/.82 702 $aRobinson$b Jane$f1959- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455992203321 996 $aUnsuitable for ladies$91974192 997 $aUNINA