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"A cool breeze brings in at my open doors the perfumed air and the soft murmur of the restful sea, and this beautiful Honolulu...is at last, as it was at first, Paradise in the Pacific, a bright blossom of a summer sea."
-- Isabella Bird, 1873
"A bright blossom of a summer sea"
-- Isabella Bird
Englishwoman Isabella Bird led a daring life of travel. Despite constant struggles with physical ailments, she journeyed across the globe and visited places remote and rough. She wrote many popular books about her adventures.
Bird visited Hawaii in 1873 while traveling to improve her health. She stayed more than half a year and wrote long letters home about her travels throughout the islands. |