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The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer - from a painting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
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The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer - from a painting, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Late Madame Ida Pfeiffer, 1858. Engraving after a painting by Miss Emily Marie Schmack, a relative. The record of [Madame Pfeiffer's] adventurous career reads like a story in the Arabian Nights...In 1842 she...traversed Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt...she proceeded, via Cape Horn, to Chili, and thence to Tahiti... She next reached China...proceeded to Calcutta, and...Bombay...began a perilous journey to Mosul, travelling, as she described it, like the poorest Arab...she continued her journey through Persia, and, returning homewards by way of Russia, Constantinople, and Athens, reached Vienna in November, 1848...In 1852 she was at Sarawak, whence she penetrated into the interior of Borneo...[In] Java and Sumatra...she went among the cannibal tribe of the Batacks, hitherto generally avoided by Europeans, but whose fierce nature her calm and quiet bearing subdued, and she appears even to have won their respect, since none but a superhuman being, they asserted, could have ventured amongst them...Although not a scientific traveller...Madame Pfeiffer has done much to advance the cause of knowledge...She was able to take bearings and distances, to make meteorological observations, and has contributed largely to the science of entomology'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858
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This print depicts the late Madame Ida Pfeiffer, an intrepid explorer and adventurer whose life story reads like an epic tale from the Arabian Nights. Born in Austria in 1797, Madame Pfeiffer embarked on her first journey in 1842, traversing Turkey, Palestine, and Egypt. Her thirst for discovery led her to venture further, and she embarked on a perilous voyage to Chile and Tahiti via Cape Horn. In 1848, after a harrowing journey through Mosul, Persia, Russia, Constantinople, and Athens, Madame Pfeiffer reached Vienna. Undeterred, she set out once again in 1852, this time to Sarawak, where she bravely penetrated into the interior of Borneo. Her travels continued in Java and Sumatra, and she even ventured among the cannibal tribe of the Bataks, winning their respect with her calm and quiet demeanor. Although not a scientific traveler in the traditional sense, Madame Pfeiffer made significant contributions to various fields of knowledge. She was able to take bearings and distances, make meteorological observations, and has left a valuable record of her entomological discoveries. Her fearless spirit and determination to explore the unknown paved the way for future explorers and expanded the collective knowledge of the world. This engraving is a reproduction of a painting by Miss Emily Marie Schmack, a relative of Madame Pfeiffer. It was published in the Illustrated London News in 1858, providing a visual record of this remarkable woman's extraordinary life. Madame Pfeiffer passed away in 1858, leaving behind a legacy of adventure and discovery that continues to inspire and captivate us today.
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