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Uncommon TravelerUncommon Traveler

Uncommon Traveler

Mary Kingsley in Africa

Don Brown

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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.

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OL Work ID
OL5233844W

Subjects

Africa, juvenile literatureAfrica, description and travelAfricaWomen, biographyWomen explorersBritishWomenJuvenile literatureExplorersBiographyDiscovery and explorationKingsley, mary henrietta, 1862-1900Africa, westNew York Times reviewed

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