An edition of Uncommon Traveler (2000)
Uncommon traveler
Mary Kingsley in Africa
By Don Brown
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Publish Date
2000
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
eng
Pages
32
Description:
A brief biography of the self-educated nineteenth-century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893 and 1894 and learned much about the area and its inhabitants.
subjects: Africa, juvenile literature, Africa, description and travel, Africa, Women, biography, Women explorers, British, Women, Juvenile literature, Explorers, Biography, Discovery and exploration, Kingsley, mary henrietta, 1862-1900, Africa, west, New York Times reviewed
People: Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1862-1900)
Places: West Africa, Great Britain