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Author McVicker, Mary Frech

Title Women adventurers,1750-1900 : a biographical dictionary, with excerpts from selected travel writings / Mary F. McVicker
Published Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 216 pages)
Contents Women adventurers -- Additional women : travelers of interest
Summary "This biographical dictionary provides an extensive guide to prominent female travelers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. British women make up the largest portion of the book's focus. Organized alphabetically by the adventurers' last names, each entry features biographical information including the woman's family background, her educational history, and a brief summary of her world travels"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 209) and index
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Subject Women adventurers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Women travelers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Women adventurers -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Women travelers -- Biography -- Dictionaries
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
TRAVEL -- Budget.
TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
Women adventurers
Women travelers
Entdeckerin
Great Britain
Großbritannien
USA
Genre/Form Biographies
Dictionaries
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007045995
ISBN 9781476603070
1476603073