Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor was a Victorian travel writer interested in the challenge of rugged cold places.She visited and wrote about Alaska, Iceland, Canada, Scotland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands. In 1908, Taylor was listed by the United States government as among the recognized explorers of the American arctic region. She was an accomplished fisherwoman, a self-taught zoologist and botanist, and discovered two plants which carry her name. Taylor collected plant and fish specimens for the American Museum of Natural History, Cornell University, Catholic University of Washington, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Pitt Rivers Museum of Oxford University. Her greatest interest was writing about the culture, family life, and folklore of the places she visited.

• The Far Islands and Other Cold Places: Travel Essays of a Victorian Lady