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Encyclopedia of women's travel and exploration

This work offers insights into why and how women travel, emphasizing the reasons women's experiences, concerns, and motivations are unique. This book covers women travelers from prehistoric times to the present. More than 450 biographical and informative entries describe how women became travelers, explorers, and adventurers. Included are descriptions of some of the many travel books written by and about women. --From publisher's description

Print Book, English, ©2001
Oryx Press, Westport, CT, ©2001