An edition of Unbeaten tracks in Japan (1880)
Unbeaten tracks in Japan
an account of travels on horseback on the interior, including visits to the aborigines of Yezo and the shrines of Nikko and Ise
By Isabella L. Bird
Publish Date
1880
Publisher
G.P. Putnam
Language
eng
Pages
336
Description:
“So genial is its spirit, so enticing its narrative.”—New Englander and Yale Review (1881). The first recorded account of Japan by a Westerner, this 1878 book captures a lifestyle that has nearly vanished. The author traveled 1,400 miles by horse, ferry, foot, and jinrikisha.
subjects: Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs, Journeys, British, Japan, History, Biography, Women travelers, Nonfiction, Fiction, Travel Literature, Japan, guidebooks, Bird, isabella l. (isabella lucy), 1831-1904, Japan, description and travel, Japan, social life and customs, Voyages and travels, Women, biography, Britanniques, Histoire, Voyageuses, Biographies, Descriptions et voyages
People: Isabella L. Bird (1831-1904)
Places: Japan
Times: 1801-1900, 19th century