Parker, Mary Ann (fl. 1795)

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Parker, Mary Ann (fl. 1795)

British travel writer. Born in UK; m. Captain John Parker; children.

After husband died, wrote about her travels with him, A Voyage Round the World in the "Gorgon" Man of War: Performed and Written by Captain John Parker, His Widow, for the Advantage of a Numerous Family (1795), in which she visited Australian penal settlements.

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