ID | 006631 |
Call Number | 921/KIN |
Title Proper | Mary Kingsley |
Language | ENG |
Author | Reid, Struan |
Publication | Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002. |
Description | 48p Orange Spine |
Series | Groundbreakers |
Note | A biographical introduction to the life of an English women explorer who became the first European to visit parts of Gabon in West Africa. |
Note | An adventurer in Africa A lonely childhood Teaching herself The dutiful daughter A taste of Africa A new life Sailing away Journey inland Return to the coast The second expedition To the mouth of the Ogowe Among the Fang The Throne of Thunder Return to England A political figure To Africa again A nurse once more Death in South Africa The legacy of Mary Kingsley Map of Mary Kingsley's journeys |
Standard Number | 0431104964 |
Price. Qualification | Rs.90(Pb) |
Classification Number | 921 |
Key Words | Women - Biography ; Explorers ; Explorers - Great Britain - Biography ; Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900 ; Explorers - Africa, West - Biography ; Africa, West - Discovery and exploration - British ; Women explorers - Africa, West - Biography ; Women explorers - Great Britain - Biography |