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Travels on the Continent : Written for the Use and Particular Information of Travellers

Mariana Starke (1762–1838) was an ideal travel guide: she lived and travelled in Italy for much of the 1790s and had a truly practical mind, predicting perfectly what a traveller might need to know about both the journey and the destination. Travels on the Continent, first published in 1820, was par...

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Main Author: Starke, Mariana (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1820
Place of publication not identified : publisher not identified , 1820
Series:Cambridge library collection. Travel, Europe
Online Access:Volltext
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