Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 2: Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs
Isabella Bird
Isabella Bishop (n?e Bird) published her Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan in 1891, compiled from a series of letters home. Recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous difficulties, Bird toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the Far East. After her marriage, and her husband's death, she did missionary work in India and, in 1890, travelled to little-known parts of Turkey, Persia and Kurdistan. This was her most challenging journey, with extremes of temperature and harsh living conditions for the sixty-year-old, although she was able to provide medical care for the local people. Despite vicissitudes, her passion for travel is clear throughout. Volume 2 of this fascinating account continues into Kurdistan and towards the end on the Black Sea. The appendices include prayers from Mecca and a record of her itinerary, including journey times.
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Ano:
2010
Editora:
Cambridge University Press
Idioma:
english
Páginas:
420
ISBN 10:
1108014704
ISBN 13:
9781108014700
Série:
Cambridge Library Collection - Travel and Exploration
Arquivo:
PDF, 6.65 MB
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english, 2010