Isabella Bird helped fund her extensive travels by writing about them. Known for making everything that happened to her an "adventure", she writes quite vividly about experiences. For a glimpse about what it was like to travel in the 1800's pick up one of Isabella's books!

An Englishwoman in America. London: John Murray, 1856. 464 pp.

The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months Among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanos of the Sandwich Islands. London: John Murray, 1975. 473pp.

A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains. London: John Murray, 1879. 296 pp.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels on Horseback in the Interior Including Visits to the Aboriginies of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise. London: John Murray, 1883. 384pp.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither. London: John Murray, 1883. 384 pp.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rajahs. London: John Murray, 1891. 409 pp.

Among the Tibetans. London: Religious Tract Society, 1894. 159 pp.

The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and Among the Manize of the Somo Territory. London: John Murray, 1899. 557 pp.

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