Mary Kingsley was a fairly typical Victorian young woman, apart from her avid interest in science and engineering. After her parents died in 1892, she set of to
This title was first published 2000: This text is intended to draw together two important developments in contemporary geography: firstly, the recognition of th
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Pioneer days in South Africa Helen Prichard arrived in South Africa with her family in 1876. The colonisation of the interior was in full swing and hers was a f