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.
Looks at the life of British explorer Mary Kingsley, focusing on her experiences after she decided to buck tradition and travel to the Congo in 1893, and discussing her studies of the fish and people of the West African country.
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.
