The Hawaiian Archipelago (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Six Months Amongst the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs, and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands

by Isabella Bird

Overview

Published in 1875, this account of Bird's visit to the Hawaiian islands consists of her letters home to her sister.  As well as providing an unequaled glimpse into a vanished Hawaii, the letters brim with personal discovery, as Bird, who undertook the journey for health purposes, transforms herself into a brave adventurer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411445727
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/15/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	341
Sales rank:	227,335
File size:	572 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Isabella Bird (1831-1904) was an English writer and natural historian.  Her world travels, and her writings about them, made her famous.  She was the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society (1892).  Her best-known works today are A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) and Among the Tibetans (1894).