A Woman'S Place In The World

An anthology of Victorian travel narratives by women. Works included are Mary Kingsley, Travels in West Africa; Isabella Bird, Among the Tibetans; Lady Florence Dixie, Across Patagonia; Gertrude Bell, Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures; Helen Caddick, A White Woman in Central Africa; Harriet Martineau, Eastern Life, Present and Past.