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The Golden Chersonese And the Way Thither

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"Isabella Bird, an Englishwoman whose extensive travels and writings earned her the first female membership of the Royal Geographical Society, visited Malaya, Singapore, Indo-China and Hong Kong in 1879. She wrote 23 letters describing her adventures to her sister Hennie in Scotland, and named the collection The Golden Chersonese after the ancient name given to the Malay Peninsula by the Greek scholar, Ptolemy. Her detailed descriptions of the Malay Peninsula in the 1870s are in startling contrast to present-day Malaysia and Singapore, and provide a fascinating account of many aspects of the region, including the people, culture, landscapes, and wildlife, all described with the Victorian stiff upper lip typical of her time."--Publisher's description.

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English
Pages
268

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Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
2010, Cambridge University Press
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The Golden Chersonese And the Way Thither
June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing
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First Sentence

"The snowy dome of Fujisan, reddening in the sunrise, rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama harbor on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan-a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea."

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Paperback
Number of pages
268
Dimensions
9.4 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
Weight
1 pounds

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OL8481524M
ISBN 10
1419164147
ISBN 13
9781419164149

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