Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… in 1790 as a ‘citizen of the world' (Williams, 2001, 69) translated the works of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ( Paul and Virginia , 1795), Alexander von Humboldt ( Researches Concerning Inhabitants of America , 1814) and Xavier de Maistre ( …
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