The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... English and Danish languages , and of the art of taking Daguerreotypes , and after obtaining ac- curate information concerning the countries she purposed visiting , she began her journey to the north on the 10th of April , 1845. On the ...
... English and Danish languages , and of the art of taking Daguerreotypes , and after obtaining ac- curate information concerning the countries she purposed visiting , she began her journey to the north on the 10th of April , 1845. On the ...
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... English Channel — as long a time as it required to get from thence to the equator . On the 16th of September the har- bor of Rio Janeiro was reached . From that port Ida Pfeiffer made several excursions into the interior of the country ...
... English Channel — as long a time as it required to get from thence to the equator . On the 16th of September the har- bor of Rio Janeiro was reached . From that port Ida Pfeiffer made several excursions into the interior of the country ...
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... English mission- aries also excited her especial attention . At the end of April , 1848 , we find Ida Pfeiffer again at sea , bearing her pilgrim's staff toward Persia . From Bushire she intended to proceed to Shiraz , Ispahan , and ...
... English mission- aries also excited her especial attention . At the end of April , 1848 , we find Ida Pfeiffer again at sea , bearing her pilgrim's staff toward Persia . From Bushire she intended to proceed to Shiraz , Ispahan , and ...
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... English consul , he would not believe that a woman could have achieved such a feat . At Tebris our traveler was introduced to the vice - king Vali - Ahd , and received permission to visit his harem . On the 11th of August , 1848 , she ...
... English consul , he would not believe that a woman could have achieved such a feat . At Tebris our traveler was introduced to the vice - king Vali - Ahd , and received permission to visit his harem . On the 11th of August , 1848 , she ...
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... English principles . It was a true , genuine , and unadulterated German omnibus , drawn by German horses , who tramped stolidly along at the rate , as I judged , of a German mile an hour . The dis- tance is twelve German miles , and in ...
... English principles . It was a true , genuine , and unadulterated German omnibus , drawn by German horses , who tramped stolidly along at the rate , as I judged , of a German mile an hour . The dis- tance is twelve German miles , and in ...
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Page 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...