A Girdle round the earth
By: Maria Aitken ; captions, pictures, and additional research Peter King.
Publisher: Constable
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Voyages and travels.; Women travelers -- Biography.
Description: A account of scores of women in other centuries to whom the call of adventure was irresistible. It is about the urge in women to travel adn explore, and to risk their lives in foreign parts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-200) and index.