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The book offers a significant exploration of Japan, emphasizing its historical importance and cultural insights. Alpha Editions has undertaken a meticulous process to preserve this classic work, providing a modern format that enhances readability. The text has been carefully reformatted and retyped, ensuring clarity without relying on scanned copies of the original. This effort aims to keep the work accessible for both present and future generations, highlighting its enduring relevance.

In 1856, Isabella Bird published The Englishwoman in America, the first of what would be many books of her travels around the world. Adopting a tone of aloof bemusement, she describes in detail the hardships and annoyances of her travels by sea from England to Halifax, and on the road to Boston, Cincinnati, and Chicago. The book's 20 chapters are full of keenly observed and entertainingly told stories of pickpockets and luggage thieves, greasy hotels, and Americans who are very polite, but have the unfortunate habit of spitting on the floor. Bird admits to sharing the regrettably prejudiced view the English have of America, but nevertheless finds much to like and admire in this new country bustling with ethnically diverse immigrants full of energy and bravado. The Englishwoman in America is a wonderful travelogue that offers a lively and personal glimpse into mid-nineteenth-century America.

Set against the backdrop of the late 19th century, this travelogue captures Isabella L. Bird's adventurous explorations of the Malay Peninsula. It offers a unique perspective on the region's diverse cultures, customs, and the natural environment, highlighting her interactions with indigenous peoples and their traditions. Bird shares her personal experiences, challenges, and observations of the landscape, flora, and fauna, providing readers with a vivid portrayal of her journey and the legacy of British imperialism in Southeast Asia.

A great lady traveller's best known work Isabella Bird was born in 1831 in Cheshire, England became one of a distinguished group of female travellers famous in the nineteenth century-a time when it was considered that a lady's place should be confined to the home. Isabella travelled and explored the world extensively and became a notable writer and natural historian. This book, her fourth and arguably both her best and best known, concerns a journey of 800 miles through the Rocky Mountains. Isabella made the trip on horseback, using a conventional saddle. The American west was still wild in 1873 and Isabella's accounts of the landscape and its frontier's folk are important historical records. Particularly interesting is her relationship with her 'dear desperado, ' the justifiably named Rocky Mountain Jim Nugent who was shot dead a year after their acquaintance. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

Endlessly restless and endlessly curious, Isabella Bird (1831-1904) travelled the world looking for new experiences, but never more delightfully than in her pony-bound adventures in the Colorado Territory at a time when it was only notionally under the control of the American authorities. A vanished world of grizzly hunters, cowboys, isolated cabins and plagues of rattlesnakes is here beautifully brought back to life. "Great Journeys" allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.

This little know gem by the doyenne of women travellers in the East describes a journey on horseback through the Himalayas and into Tibet, where she spent four months. Enchanted by the Tibetans who she found the 'pleastest of people', Bird's is a delightful account of a land of beauty and mystery, encircled by high mountains of vermillion and purple. Among the most striking passages are those that describe the religion of Tibet, which permeated the very atomosphere with a singular sense of strange of otherworldly. Bird visited the palaces, temples and monasteries and her description of the ceremonies, decorations, costumes and music capture a world that is now lost for all time. First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Isabella Bird was a British explorer, writer, and naturalist who travelled extensively in Asia in the late 19th century. This book is a detailed account of her travels in China, and includes descriptions of the people and places she encountered.

Isabella Bird's exploration of late 19th century China offers a rich tapestry of landscapes, people, and culture through her insightful observations and striking photographs. This collection captures the imperial splendor of Beijing alongside the tranquility of rural life, showcasing a nation undergoing transformation. Bird's narrative intertwines photography and storytelling, reflecting her deep curiosity and cultural bridging. The work serves as both a visual and literary journey, preserving moments in time and providing a nuanced understanding of Chinese life during her travels.

Focusing on the experiences of missionaries in nineteenth-century China, this account by Hannah Davies provides an in-depth exploration of their challenges, cultural interactions, and the impact of their work on local communities. It delves into the complexities of faith, adaptation, and the sociopolitical landscape of the time, offering a nuanced perspective on the intersection of religion and culture during a pivotal era in Chinese history.

Isabella Bird's 1878 expedition offers a unique glimpse into Japan's remote northern and central regions, showcasing her adventurous spirit and keen observations. Departing from typical travel writing, Bird employs an unconventional prose style that vividly captures her experiences and the landscapes she encounters. Her journey reveals the beauty and challenges of exploring uncharted territories, making it a captivating narrative for those interested in travel and cultural exploration.