Travel Industry - 18th & 19th Century Travelogues by Women Adventurers
John McCarthy looks back at the past fifteen years of travelling from both the industry and individual perspective with Wanderlust Magazine co founder Lyn Hughes.
TRAVEL INDUSTRY
John McCarthy looks back at the past fifteen years of travelling from both the industry and individual perspective with Wanderlust Magazine co founder Lyn Hughes. He also considers what new trends and issues might affect the travelling world in the next year or so.
18th & 19th CENTURY TRAVELOGUES BY WOMEN ADVENTURERS
Margarette Lincoln, Deputy Director of the National Maritime Museum talks about two remarkable travelogues, one written in the 18th century Mary Lacy who disguised herself as a man and joined the Navy and one written in the 19th century by Fanny Loviot, who after emigrating to San Francisco travelled to Hong Kong where she was captured by pirates before being freed by the British Navy.
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- Sat 10 Jan 2009 10:00成人快手 Radio 4
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