The Story of Ida Pfeiffer - and Her Travels in Many Lands

The Story of Ida Pfeiffer, by Anonymous
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Title: The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Author: Anonymous
Release Date: March 22, 2006 Language: English
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THE STORY OF IDA PFEIFFER And Her Travels in Many Lands.
“I’ll put a girdle round the world.”—SHAKESPEARE. LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.
EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK .
1879. CONTENTS. I. HER BIOGRAPHY. II. JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD. III. NORTHWARD. IV. LAST TRAVELS.
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CHAPTER I.—HER BIOGRAPHY.
Ida Pfeiffer, the celebrated traveller, was born in Vienna on the 14th of October 1797. She was the third child of a well-to-do merchant, named Reyer; and at an early age gave indications of an original and self-possessed character. The only girl in a family of six children, her predilections were favoured by the circumstances which surrounded her. She was bold, enterprising, fond of sport and exercise; loved to dress like her brothers, and to share in their escapades. Dolls she contemptuously put aside, preferring drums; and a ...