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Discover four centuries of extraordinary journeys through the Arcadian Library's remarkable collection of writings by Western women travellers to the East. From Mary Wortley Montagu's celebrated eighteenth-century Turkish letters to twentieth-century accounts by archaeologists, journalists, and adventurers, this volume captures the voices of both celebrated figures like Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale, Gertrude Bell, and Lady Anne Blunt, as well as lesser-known European travellers whose experiences have been largely overlooked. The Arcadian Library in London preserves one of the finest assemblies of women's travel writing, revealing how these intrepid explorers navigated, documented, and interpreted distant lands. This scholarly study provides essential context for understanding women's roles in exploration, cultural exchange, and the formation of Western perspectives on the Orient during a transformative period of history.

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Part of the Studies in the Arcadian Library series, this volume draws from one of London's finest collections of Western women's travel writing spanning 1716-1916.

Features accounts from celebrated travellers including Mary Wortley Montagu, Harriet Martineau, Florence Nightingale, Gertrude Bell, and Lady Anne Blunt alongside lesser-known European explorers.

Covers diverse perspectives including those of archaeologists, journalists, diplomatic wives, and adventurers documenting Eastern lands during four centuries of cultural encounter.

Published by Oxford University Press, providing scholarly analysis of women's contributions to travel literature and exploration during the eighteenth through twentieth centuries.

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Brand: Oxford University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0198702477
Category: Books > Subjects > History > World History > Discovery & Exploration
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 November 2014
Listed Since: 06 June 2013

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