Isabella Bird

Golden Chersonese (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136200984
• Artikelnr.: 47894055

Autorenporträt

Isabella Lucy Bird was perhaps the most prolific and popular female traveller and writer of the 19th century.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER The Aurea Chersonesus
The Conquest of Malacca
The Straits Settlements
The Configuration of the Peninsula
A Terra Incognita
The Monsoons
Products of the Peninsula
The great Vampire
Beasts and Reptiles
Malignant and harmless Insects
Land and Water Birds
Traditions of Malay Immigration
Wild and Civilised Races Kafirs
The Samangs and Orang
utan
Characteristics of the Jakuns
Babas and Sinkehs
The Malay Physiognomy
Language and Literature
Malay Poetry and Music
Malay Astronomy
Education and Law
Malay Sports
Domestic Habits
Weapons
Slavery and Debt Bondage
Government
No Information. Letters I to X, A CHAPTER ON SELANGOR. Letters XIV to XVII, A CHAPTER ON PERAK. Letters XVIII to XXIII.