Publication |
Great Britain, Heinemann Library, 2002.
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Description |
48pOrange Spine
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Series |
Groundbreakers
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Summary/Abstract |
A biographical introduction to the life of an English women explorer who became the first European to visit parts of Gabon in West Africa.
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Contents |
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
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Standard Number |
0431104964 Pb.
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