Travels in West Africa (Adventure Library) - Hardcover

Kingsley, Mary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885283091 ISBN 13: 9781885283092

Publisher: Adventure Library, 1997

Synopsis

No European woman had ventured where Kingsley would venture, and no man either. In defiance of Victorian notions about women's roles, she journeyed through West Africa, climbed mountains, experienced harrowing adventures, dwelled among cannibals, and lived to write one of the most admired books of high adventure of all time.

First published in 1897
Appreciation of Mary Kingsley by Evan Connell
New maps
280pp

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About the Author:

Mary Kingsley was born in London in 1862. She lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman until 1893, when she embarked on a voyage to West Africa, followed by a second trip the following year. On returning home, she wrote Travels in West Africa, which was published in 1897. Kingsley made one final trip to Africa, enlisting as a volunteer nurse in South Africa during the Boer War. She died there in 1900 and was buried at sea. Lynnette Turner is Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Edge Hill University. Toby Green is Lecturer in Lusophone African History and Culture at Kings College London. His book The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa appeared in 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: Adventure Library
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1885283091
• ISBN 13: 9781885283092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280