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Women travelers

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Women travelers

2 images from works
  • An English woman lost in the American jungle is captured by a native American with a tomahawk. Engraving by C. Warren, 1797, after J. Burney.
  • Three vignettes of people promoting the use of 'Pears soap'. Photomechanical reproduction after D.E. Wyund.

Works from the collections

11 works

    • Books

    Flora Herscheliana : Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838 / Brian Warner, John Rourke.

    | Brian Warner | Date: 1998,
    • Books

    Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) : a biographical bibliography / by Deborah Birkett.

    | Dea Birkett | Date: [1993]
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    Journal of a lady of quality : being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774-1776 / edited by Evangeline Walker Andrews, in collaboration with Charles McLean Andrews.

    | Janet Schaw | Date: 1922
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    An English woman lost in the American jungle is captured by a native American with a tomahawk. Engraving by C. Warren, 1797, after J. Burney.

    | James Burney | Date: Novr. 4 1797 | Reference: 33078i
    • Books

    Lady Hester : queen of the East / Lorna Gibb.

    | Gibb, Lorna | Date: 2005
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History, 19th Century

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