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Ida Pfeiffer. A Woman's Journey Round the World
A Woman's Journey Round the World
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE TO THE BRAZILS
CHAPTER II. ARRIVAL AND SOJOURN IN RIO JANEIRO
CHAPTER III. EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF RIO JANEIRO
CHAPTER IV. JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE BRAZILS
CHAPTER V. THE VOYAGE ROUND CAPE HORN
CHAPTER VI. ARRIVAL AND RESIDENCE IN VALPARAISO
CHAPTER VII. THE VOYAGE FROM VALPARAISO TO CANTON VIA TAHITI
CHAPTER VIII. CHINA
CHAPTER IX. THE EAST INDIES—SINGAPORE
CHAPTER X. THE EAST INDIES—CEYLON
CHAPTER XI. MADRAS AND CALCUTTA
CHAPTER XII. BENARES
CHAPTER XIII. ALLAHABAD, AGRA, AND DELHI
CHAPTER XIV. JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY
CHAPTER XV. JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY CONTINUED
CHAPTER XVI. CONTINUATION OF JOURNEY AND SOJOURN
CHAPTER XVII. FROM BOMBAY TO BAGHDAD
CHAPTER XVIII. MESOPOTAMIA, BAGHDAD, AND BABYLON
CHAPTER XIX. MÓSUL AND NINEVEH
CHAPTER XX. PERSIA
CHAPTER XXI. SOJOURN IN TEBRIS
CHAPTER XXII. ASIATIC RUSSIA—ARMENIA, GEORGIA, AND MINGRELIA
CHAPTER XXIII. EUROPEAN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XXIV. CONSTANTINOPLE AND ATHENS
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Ida Pfeiffer
From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor
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During the whole time of our cruising in the Channel, the temperature was cold and raw, the thermometer seldom being higher than 65° to 75° Fah.
At last, on the 24th of July, we came to the end of the Channel, and attained the open sea; the wind was tolerably favourable, and on the 2nd of August we were off Gibraltar, where we were becalmed for twenty-four hours. The captain threw several pieces of white crockeryware, as well as a number of large bones overboard, to show how beautifully green such objects appeared as they slowly sank down beneath the sea; of course this can only be seen in a perfect calm.
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