Travels In West Africa Mary Kingsley Penguin Classics Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Remarkable Account By Pioneering Woman Explorer Who Was Described Rudyard Kipling As \ The Bravest Of All My Knowledge\ Until 1893 Mary Kingsley Lived Typical Life Single Victorian Tending To Sick Relatives And Keeping House For Her Brother However On Death Parents She Undertook An Extraordinary Decision: With No Prior Knowledge Region Set Out Alone West Africa Pursue Anthropological Interests Collect Botanical Specimens Subsequent Book Published In 1897 Is Testament Understatement Humour - Few Explorers Made Less Hardships Dangers Experienced While Travelling (Including Unaccompanied Treks Through Dangerous Jungles Encounters Deadly Animals) Travels Would Challenge (As Well Reinforce) Contemporary Prejudices About Also Invaluable Contributions Fields Botany Anthropology Above It Has Stood Test Time Gripping Classic Travel Narrative Whose Sense Adventure Fascination Transformed Whole This Penguin Edition Includes Fascinating Introduction Dr Toby Green Examining Attitudes Along Explanatory Notes Lynnette Turner Born North London 1862 Daughter Traveller Physician George His Former Housekeeper Bailey Education Scant: Younger Sent Away School Stayed At Home Later Cambridge Cared Bedridden Mother Following Deaths Embarked Voyage August Object Studying Native Religion Law Collecting Zoological December 1894 Second Trip During Which Became First Climb Africa\ S Highest Mountain Mount Cameroon Returning Eleven Months Wrote Followed African Studies 1899 One Final Enlisting Volunteer Nurse South Boer War Had Only Been There Two When Developed Typhoid Fever Died 3Rd June 1900 Before Being Buried Sea Accordance Wishes Associate Dean Faculty Arts Sciences Edge Hill University Lecturer Lusophone History Culture Kings College Rise Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Western Appeared 2011 Σελίδες: 736 Διαστάσεις: 13 1X13 1Cm