Pfeiffer, Ida, 1797-1858
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer, 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 by land and 240,000 kilometres 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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| referencedIn | John Edward Gray papers, 1783-1884, 1783-1884 | American Philosophical Society |
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| referencedIn | Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century. | ||
| referencedIn | No Place for a Lady: Tales of Adventurous Women Travelers. |
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Birth 1797-10-14
Death 1858-10-28
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