(Paperback)

Includes ten contributor's writings on 250 years of women travel writers. Travel is a quest, an escape, a passion. Women explorers and travellers are a special breed. This book covers 22 courageous women who encircled the globe, and boldly crossed international barriers often to encounter the most patriarchal cultures of their time.

(Hardback)

A reference of alphabetically-arranged entries for over 100 world writers from antiquity to 1945, who were influenced by cultures other than their own. Each entry includes a biography, discussion of multicultural themes and contexts, a summary of the writer's reception, and bibliographies.