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Supported by a family inheritance that gave her £500 a year, Mary Henrietta Kingsley traveled to Africa to complete the book her father had started. The subject was the culture of Africa and Kingsley stayed with local people while she learned to survive in the African jungles, studied cannibal tribes, discovered new species of fish, and climbed Mount Cameroon by a route untouched by any European before her. Kingsley's ideas greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and the African people and her 1897 account, Travels in West Africa, quickly became a best-seller.
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- Title TRAVLS WEST AFRICA
- Author Kingsley, Mary.
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- Edition Facsimile Reprin
- Pages 760
- Language ENG
- Publisher Random House, Inc., London
- Date 1987
- ISBN 9780860682660
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A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains [by] Isabella L. Bird; with a new introduction by Pat Barr
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London : Virago, 1983. Reprint. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; (xii, 296, 32 pages, 7 leaves of plates) : illustrations. Subjects; Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) 1831-1904 Travel Rocky Mountains. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) 1831-1904. Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) 1831-1904 Travel United States. Women travelers Rocky Mountains ; Biography. Frontier and pioneer life Rocky Mountains. West (U.S.) Description and travel. Estes Park (Colo.) Description and travel.
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Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons (Virago Trave lers)
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London: Virago Press, 1982. Trade Paperback. Fifth Edition. Very Good. Pages tanned but unmarked. Spine creased and lightly curved. Reading wear to covers. Corners sharp. Not from a library. xxvi + 741 pages. Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1897. With new introduction. Mary Kingsley's story is remarkable. In the 1890s, Kingsley decides she should travel in "the tropics" and sets off for the west coast of Central Africa. She travels as a scientist, collecting fish specimens, and finances her travels by trading along the way--but mostly she travels for the love of adventure and to satisfy an appetite for the unknown. "Travels in West Africa" is a treasure trove of information about Atlantic-coast Central Africa in the late 1800s. The last third of "Travels in West Africa" consists of three long chapters on fetish customs. Her depiction of their impact on everyday life and on funeral customs is enlightening. She delves into the afterlife beliefs of the peoples she encountered. But beyond its… Read More
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