# Women explorers

I´d like to introduce you to some of those women explorers.

| Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultures and British imperialism
| Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) Writer, explorer, political officer, administrator, archaeologist and....spy!! She had an immense amount of power for a woman at this time
| Isabella Lucy Bird (1831-1904) She was the first woman elected fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and she´s the main charcter of a Japanish manga: Fushigi no Kuni no Bird
| Alexandrine Tinné (1835-1869) First European woman who attempted to cross the Sahara A short but intense life
| Marianne North (1830-1890) In 1875 she began a journey round the world - California, Brazil, Jamaica, Borneo, Java, Ceylon, India, Australia...- discovering and painting plants in a very valued manner Her legacy merited a gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London
| Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) Swiss explorer and writer passionate about North Africa Find out why she was also known as Si Mahmoud Saadi

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