Worlds of Knowledge in Women's Travel WritingWorlds of Knowledge in Women's Travel Writing rediscovers the works of a wide range of authors from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. A stowaway on a voyage circumnavigating the globe; a nineteenth century visitor to schools in Japan; an Indian activist undertaking a pilgrimage to Iraq these are some of the women whose experiences come to life in this volume. Worlds of Knowledge explores travel writing as a genre for communicating information