Jebb Wilkins Louisa (w2088)
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- Description: At the beginning of the twentieth century, Louisa Jebb undertook an overland journey across parts of the Ottoman Empire, accompanied by a travel companion and using horseback as a primary means of transport. By Desert Ways to Baghdad and Damascus records her travels through regions of Mesopotamia and the Levant. The narrative follows routes across desert areas, towns, and tribal territories, documenting transport conditions, encounters with local communities, and the practical organization of travel in regions that were then little visited by Western travelers. Jebb provides observations on landscapes, social structures, and regional political contexts, offering a direct account of journeys carried out under demanding conditions
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mrs. Roland Wilkins
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On horseback, A cavallo, A cheval
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Asia
- Internet: https://archive.org/details/bydesertwaystoba00wilkrich
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wilkins, Louisa (Jebb), By desert ways to Baghdad, 1909.
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| Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains |
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| Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction |
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