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The daughter of a country parson, Isabella Bird was advised to travel for her health. Bird's compliance with her doctor's orders took her to the wildest regions of the American West, Malaysia, Kurdistan, Persia, the Moroccan desert, and China, among other places. One of nine... Read Full Overview

Isabella L. Bird's voyage to Japan in the 1870s reveals a country steeped in ancient customs and a rugged landscape of beautiful, flowing hills and country pathways. As of the first Western women to author a book about the Japanese islands, Isabella Bird was keen to relay her... Read Full Overview

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

"Having been recommended to leave home, in April 1878, in order to recruit my health by means which had proved serviceable before, I decided to visit Japan, attracted less by the reputed excellence of its climate than by the certainty that it possessed, in an especial degree,... Read Full Overview

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is a travel diary written by Isabella Bird of her trip to Japan in 1878, at the age of 47. It was first published in English in 1881 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It was later translated into Japanese by Tsurukichi Itō.

The author's account of travelling through Japan in;1878.;This is;a narrative of travels in Japan communicated via letters.; First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Unbeaten Tracks In Japan is a travelogue written by Isabella L. Bird, a renowned British explorer, writer, and naturalist. In this book, Bird recounts her journey through Japan in the late 19th century, when the country was still relatively unknown to the Western world. She describes... Read Full Overview