Woman's Journey Round the World
Ida Laura Pfeiffer
42 chapters · 19 h 24 min · English
Read by Lynne T, Leni, Piotr Nater, Gail Timmerman Vaughan, Xiph, Suprada Urval and others
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Ida Laura Pfeiffer was an Austrian traveler and travel book author, one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into several languages. "The Woman's Journey Around the World, from Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, and Asia Minor" is the travel diary of the first of her two trips "around the world", following her successful trips to the Holy Land and to Iceland. (Summary by Leni)
Chapters
1 PREFACE 7 min 2 THE VOYAGE TO THE BRAZILS, PART 1 21 min 3 THE VOYAGE TO THE BRAZILS, PART 2 25 min 4 ARRIVAL AND SOJOURN IN RIO JANEIRO, PART 1 23 min 5 ARRIVAL AND SOJOURN IN RIO JANEIRO, PART 2 26 min 6 EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF RIO JANEIRO 27 min 7 JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAZILS, PART 1 32 min 8 JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAZILS, PART 2 26 min 9 THE VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN 35 min 10 ARRIVAL AND RESIDENCE IN VALPARAISO 24 min 11 THE VOYAGE FROM VALPARAISO TO CANTON VIA TAHITI, PART 1 31 min 12 THE VOYAGE FROM VALPARAISO TO CANTON VIA TAHITI, PART 2 32 min 13 CHINA, PART 1 35 min 14 CHINA, PART 2 31 min 15 CHINA, PART 3 28 min 16 THE EAST INDIES - SINGAPORE, PART 1 22 min 17 THE EAST INDIES - SINGAPORE, PART 2 19 min 18 THE EAST INDIES - CEYLON 41 min 19 MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, PART 1 27 min 20 MADRAS AND CALCUTTA, PART 2 28 min 21 BENARES, PART 1 38 min 22 BENARES, PART 2 31 min 23 ALLAHABAD, AGRA, AND DELHI, PART 1 31 min 24 ALLAHABAD, AGRA, AND DELHI, PART 2 33 min 25 JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY, PART 1 20 min 26 JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY, PART 2 24 min 27 JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY CONTINUED, PART 1 25 min 28 JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY CONTINUED, PART 2 25 min 29 CONTINUATION OF JOURNEY AND SOJOURN, PART 1 20 min 30 CONTINUATION OF JOURNEY AND SOJOURN, PART 2 26 min 31 FROM BOMBAY TO BAGHDAD 33 min 32 MESOPOTAMIA, BAGHDAD, AND BABYLON, PART 1 22 min 33 MESOPOTAMIA, BAGHDAD, AND BABYLON, PART 2 24 min 34 MÓSUL AND NINEVEH, PART 1 21 min 35 MÓSUL AND NINEVEH, PART 2 19 min 36 PERSIA, PART 1 38 min 37 PERSIA, PART 2 33 min 38 SOJOURN IN TEBRIS 33 min 39 ASIATIC RUSSIA, ARMENIA, GEORGIA, AND MINGRELIA, PART 1 36 min 40 ASIATIC RUSSIA, ARMENIA, GEORGIA, AND MINGRELIA, PART 2 29 min 41 EUROPEAN RUSSIA 31 min 42 CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS 35 min