Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century.

Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy), 1831-1904

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Isabella Lucy Bird was born on 15 October 1831 in Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, England. The Bird family had established the silk trade at Coventry in the late 1600s, and were themselves silk masters. Isabella's first publication at the age of 16 was a pamphlet addressing free trade versus protectionism, after which she continued writing articles for various periodicals. In 1854, Bird's life of travelling began, She traveled to the United States, Australia, and Hawaii. In 1873 she covered over...

Stanhope, Hester, Lady, 1776-1839

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English adventuress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Convent of Mar Elias [Lebanon], to Michael Bruce, 1814 May 12-June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872289 Lady Hester Stanhope left England in 1810 and settled on the slopes of Mount Lebanon in Syria in 1814 where she lived until her death. From the description of Lady Hester Stanhope letters and portrait, 1808-1839. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 37824533 ...

de Bourboulon, Catherine, 1827-1865

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Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0002cc Epithet: Mrs; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x0002cb Epithet: née Milton wife of Thomas Anthony Trollope, novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000391 ...

Brassey, Anna, wife of Thomas 1st Earl Brassey

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Epithet: wife of Thomas 1st Earl Brassey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x00023f ...

Gordon Cumming, C.F. (Constance Frederica), 1837-1924

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British author of travel literature. Beginning in 1875, she was governess for the family of the British governor of Fiji, Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon. From the description of Letters : to Elizabeth, Duchess of Argyll, 1876-1878. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32071202 Biography British author of travel literature. Beginning in 1875, she was governess for the family of the British governor of Fij...

Morgan, Lady, (Sydney), 1783-1859

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Sydney Morgan, née Owneson, Lady Morgan, Irish-born novelist and socialite. From the guide to the Sydney Morgan, Lady Morgan manuscript material : 22 items, 1809-1858, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Sydney Owenson Morgan, Irish novelist, published her first volume of verse in March 1801 and her most famous novel, The wild Irish girl, in 1806. She married surgeon Sir Thomas Charles Morgan on 20 January 1812. They moved...

Tinné, Alexandrine, 1835-1869

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Hill, Florence Davenport

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Epithet: writer on childcare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000309 ...

Hommaire de Hell, Adèle, 1815-1883

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Mazuchelli, Nina E., 1832-1914

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Pfeiffer, Ida, 1797-1858

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Belgiojoso, Maria Cristina Beatrice Trivulzio-, Princess, Italian patriot

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Epithet: Italian patriot Title: Princess British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x0002a4 ...

Hill, Rosamond Davenport, 1825-1902

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Epithet: Miss educational administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0000b9 ...