British traveler, writer, photographer and naturalist (1831–1904)

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The life of Isabella Bird, Mrs. Bishop / by Anna M. Stoddart.

Isabella Bird and 'a woman's right to do what she can do well' / by Olive Checkland.

The Hawaiian archipelago : six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, & volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands / by Isabella L. Bird.

The Englishwoman in America / Isabella L. Bird.

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The Hawaiian archipelago : six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, & volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands / by Isabella L. Bird.

The Englishwoman in America / Isabella L. Bird.