The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the AuthorHarper, 1861 - 281 páginas |
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Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author Ida Pfeiffer. I Tadagascar - Description SPOTI GAGI Madagascar - Description 1556 ( I.C ) THE LAST TRAVELS 1841.
Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author Ida Pfeiffer. I Tadagascar - Description SPOTI GAGI Madagascar - Description 1556 ( I.C ) THE LAST TRAVELS 1841.
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... traveling Companions . - Emigrant Chil- dren . - Story of a poor Girl . - Cape Town . - Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius ...
... traveling Companions . - Emigrant Chil- dren . - Story of a poor Girl . - Cape Town . - Fortunate Meeting . — Altera- tion of my traveling Plans ..................... .. CHAPTER VI . 87 Voyage to the Island of Bourbon . — The Mauritius ...
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... travels , and by her diary in Madagascar , to which her son , Mr. Oscar Pfeiffer , has added the narrative of her sufferings and death . Thus the whole career of the late adventurous pilgrim , with particular reference to the latest ...
... travels , and by her diary in Madagascar , to which her son , Mr. Oscar Pfeiffer , has added the narrative of her sufferings and death . Thus the whole career of the late adventurous pilgrim , with particular reference to the latest ...
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... traveled across the Desert to the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea . From Egypt she returned by way of Sicily and the whole of Italy to her home , arriving in Vienna in December , 1842 . As she had carefully kept a diary of her journey ...
... traveled across the Desert to the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea . From Egypt she returned by way of Sicily and the whole of Italy to her home , arriving in Vienna in December , 1842 . As she had carefully kept a diary of her journey ...
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... traveled with a caravan through the Desert to Mosul and the neigh- boring ruins of Nineveh , and afterward to Urumia and Te- bris . This expedition through Mesopotamia and Persia may be reckoned among the most daring exploits of this ...
... traveled with a caravan through the Desert to Mosul and the neigh- boring ruins of Nineveh , and afterward to Urumia and Te- bris . This expedition through Mesopotamia and Persia may be reckoned among the most daring exploits of this ...
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Página 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...