Isabella Bird
1831-1904
English explorer who traveled widely and wrote numerous books. Bird was born at a time when women's activities were severely restricted. At the age of 40, after studying...
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Isabella Bird
Born October 15, 1831, Yorkshire, England Died October, 1904, Edinburgh, Scotland
A lifelong traveler, Isabella Bird journeyed through various countries in North America, the Middle Eas...
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Isabella Bird (1831-1904) was an English traveler who made a remarkable series of journeys at the end of the 19th century. Bird was born in the English county of Yorkshire on October 15, 1831. Her fat...
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Isabella Lucy Bird was the most famous and influential of the Victorian "lady travelers." Traveling supposedly for her health, she climbed mountains and volcanoes and rode horseback astride, not sides...
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