| The golden Chersonese and the way thither.(1883) by Isabella l. Bird Contributor(s): Bird, Isabella L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1530891264 ISBN-13: 9781530891269 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $11.07 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 8" W x 10" (0.89 lbs) 198 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop FRGS (15 October 1831 - 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar. She was the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Bird was born on 15 October 1831 at Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, the home of her maternal grandmother. Her parents were Rev Edward Bird BA (1794-1858) and his second wife, Dora Lawson (1803-1866).Boroughbridge was her father's first curacy after taking orders in 1830, and it was here he met Dora. |