"A Woman's Journey Round the World" by Ida Pfeiffer is a 19th-century travel memoir, chronicling Pfeiffer's solo adventures across continents like South America and Asia, where she explored various cultures and terrains fueled by a thirst for knowledge, not fame. The book begins with Pfeiffer's contemplations on her identity as a female traveler and the challenges she faced while traveling through foreign lands. She sets the tone by describing her departure from Vienna, the thrill of venturing into the unknown, and her interactions with other travelers, detailing her experiences at sea and her eagerness for new escapades in South America. Pfeiffer's straightforward accounts of her struggles and observations highlight the life of a woman undertaking a solo journey in a time when men dominated such pursuits, promising an informative and captivating story.
A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor
By Ida Pfeiffer
Embark on a remarkable nineteenth century journey around the world with a solo woman traveler seeking adventure and knowledge in a male-dominated era.
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About the AuthorIda Laura Pfeiffer, née Reyer, an Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer, became a famous early female traveler; her bestselling journals were translated into seven languages. She journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometres (20,000 mi) by land and 240,000 kilometres (150,000 mi) by sea through Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, and made two trips around the world between 1846 and 1855. Though a member of the geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, she was denied membership by the Royal Geographical Society in London as it forbade the election of women before 1913.
Ida Laura Pfeiffer, née Reyer, an Austrian explorer, travel writer, and ethnographer, became a famous early female traveler; her bestselling journals were translated into seven languages. She journeyed an estimated 32,000 kilometres (20,000 mi) by land and 240,000 kilometres (150,000 mi) by sea through Southeast Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, and made two trips around the world between 1846 and 1855. Though a member of the geographical societies of both Berlin and Paris, she was denied membership by the Royal Geographical Society in London as it forbade the election of women before 1913.
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