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Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.
Isabella Bird
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Isabella Bird
Age: 73 †
Born: 1831
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
Explorer
Geographer
Naturalist
Photographer
Writer
Boroughbridge
Yorkshire
Author of The Englishwoman in America
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