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Mary Kingsley began her life as a typically conventional Victorian woman. She would end up travelling to some of the most inhospitable regions of Africa & became one of the most celebrated travellers of the day. At the age of 31, she sailed on a cargo ship along the coast from Sierra Leone to Angola & then traveled inland from Guinea to Nigeria, studying African customs & beliefs. On her 2nd journey, she ventured into remote parts of Gabon & the French Congo--the 1st European to do so. She encountered cannibals & crocodiles, studied the religious customs of the reclusive Fang tribe, climbed Mt Cameroon & explored the Ogowe River, trading cloth for ivory & rubber to fund her trip. She returned only once to Africa, during the Boer War, when she worked as a nurse & journalist. Tragically, she died of typhoid in 1900, only 38 years old.
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A Voyager Out, Katherine Frank
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 1986
- Oprawa
- (twarda),
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- Tytuł
- A Voyager Out
- Podtytuł
- The Life of Mary Kingsley
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Katherine Frank
- Wydawca
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Rok wydania
- 1986
- Oprawa
- twarda
- Liczba stron
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0395353157
- ISBN13
- 9780395353158
- Seria
- Tagi
- Podróże, Przygodowe, Afryka
- Opis
- Mary Kingsley began her life as a typically conventional Victorian woman. She would end up travelling to some of the most inhospitable regions of Africa & became one of the most celebrated travellers of the day. At the age of 31, she sailed on a cargo ship along the coast from Sierra Leone to Angola & then traveled inland from Guinea to Nigeria, studying African customs & beliefs. On her 2nd journey, she ventured into remote parts of Gabon & the French Congo--the 1st European to do so. She encountered cannibals & crocodiles, studied the religious customs of the reclusive Fang tribe, climbed Mt Cameroon & explored the Ogowe River, trading cloth for ivory & rubber to fund her trip. She returned only once to Africa, during the Boer War, when she worked as a nurse & journalist. Tragically, she died of typhoid in 1900, only 38 years old.