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PFEIFFER . IDA LAURA (17971858), Austrian traveller, daughter of a merchant named Reyer, was born at Vienna on the 14th of October 1797. In 182o she married Dr Pfeiffer, a lawyer of Lemberg
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home in 1848. The results were published in Eine Frauenfahrt urn die Well (Vienna, 185o). In 1851 she went to England and thence to South
Ecuador , New Granada, the Missiones Territory, and north again to the Great
home in 1854. Her narrative, Heine zweile Weltreise, was published at Vienna in 1856. In May of the same year she set out to explore Madagascar, where at first shewas cordially received by the queen. But she unwittingly allowed herself to be involved in a plot to overthrow the government, and was expelled the country. She died at Vienna on the 27th of October 1858.The Reise nach Madagascar was issued in 1861 (Vienna), with a biography by her son. End of Article: PFEIFFER If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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