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Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: Volume 2: Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan: Volume 2: Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Isabella Bird
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:436
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 25
Category/GenreGeographical discovery and exploration
ISBN/Barcode 9781108014700
ClassificationsDewey:955.04
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 8 Plates, black and white; 1 Maps; 13 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 1 July 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Isabella Bishop (nee Bird) published her Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan in 1891, compiled from a series of letters home. Recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous difficulties, Bird toured the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the Far East. After her marriage, and her husband's death, she did missionary work in India and, in 1890, travelled to little-known parts of Turkey, Persia and Kurdistan. This was her most challenging journey, with extremes of temperature and harsh living conditions for the sixty-year-old, although she was able to provide medical care for the local people. Despite vicissitudes, her passion for travel is clear throughout. Volume 2 of this fascinating account continues into Kurdistan and towards the end on the Black Sea. The appendices include prayers from Mecca and a record of her itinerary, including journey times.