Unbeaten Tracks In Japan
by Bird, Isabella, L
Isabella L. Bird (1831 - 1904) was a nineteenth-century English traveler, writer, and a natural historian. From Bird's preface in Unbeaten Tracks in Japan:This is not a "Book on Japan," but a narrative of travels in Japan, and an attempt to contribute something to the sum of knowledge of the present condition of the country, and it was not till I had travelled for some months in the interior of the main island and in Yezo that I decided that my materials were novel enough to render the contribution worth making. From Nikko northwards my route was altogether off the beaten track, and had never been traversed in its entirety by any European. I lived among the Japanese, and saw their mode of living, in regions unaffected by European contact. As a lady travelling alone, and the first European lady who had been seen in several districts through which my route lay, my experiences differed more or less widely from those of preceding travellers; and I am able to offer a fuller account of the aborigines of Yezo, obtained by actual acquaintance with them, than has hitherto been given. These are my chief reasons for offering this volume to the public.
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan - An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior Including Visits To the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise - Complete in Two Volumes
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Good. 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Isabella Bird (1831-1904) describes, in the form of letters to her sister, her journey from Tokyo to Hokkaido in 1878. Recounts how she and and an interpreter visited places that few, if any, Westerners had seen before. Records in great detail her responses to… Read more about this item Item Price
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San Francisco: Travellers' Tales Inc, 2000. 1st Thus. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good. 8vo. xxvi + 348pp. Japan had just opened its doors to the West within the past decade, and Bird traversed regions unknown to many of the island nation's inhabitants. Traveling more than 1,400 miles by pack horse, rickshaw, and foot, she followed winding mountain… Read more about this item Item Price
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A 1900 copy of Isabella Bird's "Unbeaten Tracks in Japan". The Book centres around the expedition undertaken by Bird alongside a Japanese interpreter named Ito from June to September 1878. During this time, they explored locations seldom or never witnessed by Westerners. The book meticulously captures Bird's observations on Japanese residences, attire, customs, and the natural surroundings during the initial… Read more about this item Item Price
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikkô and Isé [Two Volumes in One]
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