• Description: Isabel Savory was an English traveler and writer who, at the turn of the 20th century, recounted her explorations with wit and flair. In India, Morocco, and elsewhere, she often traveled on horseback or by camel, immersing herself in local cultures and offering in her books a direct, personal view far removed from the colonial clichés of the time
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47038426
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Savory, Isabel, In the Tail of the Peacock (India), London, 1903. Savory, Isabel, In the Heart of Morocco, London, 1904.
Portrait of Isabel Savory in "A Sportswoman in India" by Isabel Savory, J.B. Lippincott Company (Wikipedia)
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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