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Isabella Bird
(1831 - 1904)
English historian and explorer
English historian and explorer
English explorer and writer celebrated for her adventurous travels and vivid travelogues.
Born in 1831, Isabella Bird defied Victorian norms to explore remote regions across North America, Australia, and Asia. She trekked the Rocky Mountains, traveled through the Middle East and Tibet, and documented her journeys in bestselling books like "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains." In 1892, she became the first woman elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Bird's keen observations and engaging prose brought foreign landscapes and cultures to Victorian readers. Her legacy as a pioneering female explorer endures in geography and travel literature.
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Isabella Bird